Self‐Rated Depression Scales and Screening for Major Depression in the Older Hospitalized Patient with Medical Illness

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1988, Pages 699-706

  Koenig, Harold G ^a,b   Meador, Keith G ^a,b   Cohen, Harvey J ^a,b   Blazer, Dan G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; DEPRESSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023788950     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1988.tb07171.x     Document Type: Article

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