Case-Finding for Depression in Elderly People: Balancing Ease of Administration with Validity in Varied Treatment Settings

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 378-384

  Blank, Karen ^a,b   Gruman, Cynthia ^a,b   Robison, Julie T ^a,b  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES DEPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NURSING HOME; PRIMARY CARE EVALUATION OF MENTAL DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 1842680855     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/59.4.m378     Document Type: Article

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