Validation and feasibility of the Global Mental Health Assessment Tool-Primary Care Version (GMHAT/PC) in older adults

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 496-499

  Sharma, Vimal K ^a,d   Krishna, Murali ^c   Lepping, Peter ^b   Palanisamy, Vikram ^a   Kallumpuram, Sen V ^e   Mottram, Patricia ^a,d   Lane, Steven ^d   Wilson, Keneth ^a,d   Copeland, John R M ^d  

^a CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b WREXHAM MAELOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BETSI CADWALADR UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e Edgware Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GLOBAL MENTAL ASSESSMENT TOOL PRIMARY CARE VERSION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77954294812     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq050     Document Type: Letter

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