Validation of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for depression screening among Chinese Americans

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-217

  Yeung, Albert ^a,b   Fung, Freddy ^a   Yu, Shu Ching ^a   Vorono, Sienna ^a   Ly, Mary ^a   Wu, Shirley ^a   Fava, Maurizio ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b South Cove Community Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ASIAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 38549130433     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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