The development of a brief screening instrument for depression and suicidal ideation for elderly: The Depression and Suicide Screen

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 634-638

  Fujisawa, Daisuke ^a,g   Tanaka, Eriko ^b   Sakamoto, Shinji ^c   Neichi, Keiko ^d   Nakagawa, Atsuo ^e   Ono, Yutaka ^f  

^a Sakuragaoka Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE OF LABOUR   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Nagawa Town Office   (Japan)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^f KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g Sakuragaoka Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community mental health; Depression; Elderly; Screening; Suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE SCREEN; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SELF RATING DEPRESSION SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 31444442653     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2005.01429.x     Document Type: Article

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