Relationship between Self-Report and Clinician-Rated Impairment in Depressed Outpatients

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 299-307

  Kramer, Teresa L ^a,c   Owen, Richard R ^a,b   Wilson, Crystal ^a   Thrush, Carol R ^a  

^a Univ of AR for Medical Sciences   (United States)

^b VA Mental Hlth Qual Enhancement R   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Functioning; Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF); Major depressive disorder; Monitoring; Outcomes; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GLOBAS ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL FUNCTION; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GOVERNMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF EVALUATION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ARKANSAS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 0042831007     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024068007558     Document Type: Article

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