The depression-Arkansas scale: A validation study of a new brief depression scale in an HMO

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 465-481

  Walter, Lawrence J ^a,c   Meresman, Joel F ^a   Kramer, Teresa L ^d   Evans, Richard B ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Adult; Aged; Depression; Health maintenance organization; Psychological tests; Psychometrics; Questionnaires; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION ARKANSAS SCALE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037378523     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.10137     Document Type: Article

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