Mental Health Screening in a Bosnian Refugee Population Using the Primary Care Behavioral Health Screener–Bosnian Translation

This study assesses the utility of the primary care behavioral health screener (PCBHS), which the authors have adapted and translated for adult Bosnian refugees (PCBHS-B) living in the Midwest area of the United States, who utilized primary care services within a private physician clinic and a federally qualified health center. The study was conducted from March 2012–April 2013 and included 131 Bosnian respondents, 24% of whom were receiving behavioral health services. Similar to a non-Bosnian U.S. sample, one-third (34.4%) of the respondents experienced clinically significant symptoms. Results suggest that the PCBHS-B can be a useful and acceptable instrument for identifying behavioral health problems in Bosnian primary care patients.