Validation of the hospital anxiety and depression scale as a measure of severity of geriatric depression

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 991-994

  Flint, Alastair J ^a,b,d   Rifat, Sandra L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c The Regional Municipality of Niagara   (Canada)

^d TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged; Depression rating scale; Depression severity; Depressive disorder; Hospital anxiety and depression scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHIATRIST; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0029803730     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199611)11:11<991::AID-GPS423>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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