Practical depression screening in residential care/assisted living: Five methods compared with gold standard diagnoses

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 556-564

  Watson, Lea C ^a   Zimmerman, Sheryl ^b   Cohen, Lauren W ^b   Dominik, Rosalie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Long term care; Mental health; Residential care assisted living; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAFF TRAINING; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 68049092712     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e31819b891c     Document Type: Article

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