Screening for depression in the older long-term unemployed

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 622-627

  Liwowsky, Iris ^a   Kramer, Dietmar ^b   Mergl, Roland ^b   Bramesfeld, Anke ^b   Allgaier, Antje Kathrin ^a   Pöppel, Ernst ^a   Hegerl, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective disorder; Long term unemployment; Older people; Screening; WHO 5 Well Being Index

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNEMPLOYMENT;

AGE FACTORS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 68349098800     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0478-y     Document Type: Article

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