Screening for depression in elderly primary care patients: A comparison of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale and the Geriatric Depression Scale

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 449-454

  Lyness, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Noel, Tamson Kelly ^a   Cox, Christopher ^a   King, Deborah A ^a   Conwell, Yeates ^a   Caine, Eric D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0031048101     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.4.449     Document Type: Article

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