Screening for depression in hospitalised and community-dwelling elderly: The use of the 4-item, 5-item and 15-item geriatric depression scales

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 204-208

  Nguyen, Huong V ^a   Inderjeeth, Charles A ^a   Tang, Elaine ^a   Barnabas, Liza ^a   Merriam, Majo ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abbreviated mental state test; Cognitive impairment; Depression; Geriatric depression scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952372157     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2006.00185.x     Document Type: Article

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