Evaluating geriatric medical outpatients with the Beck depression inventory-fastscreen for medical patients

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 143-148

  Scheinthal, S M ^a   Steer, R A ^a   Giffin, L ^a   Beck, A T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034966834     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860120038320     Document Type: Article

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