Short versions of the Geriatric Depression Scale: A study of their validity for the diagnosis of a major depressive episode according to ICD-10 and DSM-IV

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 858-865

  Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a   Almeida, Shirley A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Medical School of Santa Casa of Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Assessment; Depression; Diagnosis; DSM IV; GDS; ICD 10; Reliability; Screening; Short versions; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; RATING SCALE; SCREENING;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032748274     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199910)14:10<858::AID-GPS35>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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