Applicability of 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale to detect depression in elderly medical outpatients

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 63-65

  Prakash, Om ^a   Gupta, Laxmi Narayan ^b   Singh, Veer Bhadur ^b   Nagarajarao, Girish ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b S P MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Assessment geriatric; Geriatric depression; Geriatric Depression Scale; Outpatient Clinics Hospital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67349205389     PISSN: 18762018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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