| CAPI | Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing |
| CASI | Computer Assisted Self Interviewing |
| CIDI | Composite International Diagnostic Interview |
| CIS-R | Clinical Interview Schedule-Revised |
| DSM | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual |
| GHQ | General Health Questionnaire |
| GPs | General Practitioner |
| ICD | International Classification of Diseases |
| LLSI | Limiting Long Standing Illness |
| NI | Northern Ireland |
| NS-SEC | National Statistics Socio-economic Classification |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| US | United States |
| WHO | World Health Organisation |