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A common idea is the that the patients with affective and anxiety disorders recover in a partial way their memories in function of their state. This particular fact can influence the remembrance of the upbringing so that the memory is facilitated for facts congruent with their current affects. The authors apply a questionnaire of upbringing (PBI) to a group of anxious and depressive patients at the beginning of the treatment and when the improvement has taken place. There are not variations for the punctuations in the scale of upbringing, which is invariant with the changes of the humour.

The utility of the SRQ on the mental health screening in a general population sample is tested on this paper. In terms of a better sensibility/specificity adjustment, and greater adequacy the results show that the best cut-off point is found on 3 affirmative answers. The results are discussed in relation to some others found at the literature.