The geriatric depression scale: A review of its development and utility

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 103-112

  Montorio, Ignacio ^a   Izal, María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; GERONTOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOME; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT;

AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0029973395     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610296002505     Document Type: Review

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