Two-question depression-screeners - The solution to all problems?

Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 156, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 185-188

  Albani, Cornelia ^a   Bailer, Harald ^b   Blaser, Gerd ^a   Brähler, Elmar ^a   Geyer, Michael ^a   Grulke, Norbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Screening; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33646786779     PISSN: 00435341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10354-006-0274-9     Document Type: Article

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