Screening for depression among first-visit psychiatric patients: Comparison of different scoring methods for the center for epidemiologic studies depression scale using receiver operating characteristic analyses

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 71-78

  Furukawa, Toshiaki ^a   Anraku, Kazutaka ^a   Hiroe, Takahiro ^a   Takahashi, Kiyoshi ^a   Kitamura, Toshinori ^b   Hirai, Toshiyuki ^b   Takahashi, Kiyohisa ^b   Iida, Makoto ^c  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Center for Epidemiiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES D); depression; reever operating characteristic (ROC); screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0030958126     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1997.tb02910.x     Document Type: Article

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