Depression assessment questionnaires in the Italian context: A critical analysis;Test per l'assessment della depressione nel contesto italiano: Un'analisi critica

Psicoterapia Cognitiva e Comportamentale

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-199

  Balsamo, Micheta ^a   Saggino, Aristide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assessment; Depression; Diagnosis; Psychometric properties; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; ITALY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; VALIDITY;

EID: 41149088211     PISSN: 11261072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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