Validation of the brief screen for depression in a Jamaican cohort

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 425-429

  Lipps, Garth E ^a   Lowe, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRIEF SCREENING FOR DEPRESSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 34249695869     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442006000600011     Document Type: Article

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