Clinical psychological tests useful for differentiating depressive state with Alzheimer's disease from major depression of the elderly

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-33

  Hattori, Hideyuki ^a   Yoshiyama, Kenji ^a   Miura, Rina ^a   Fujie, Sachiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Apathy; Depression; Diagnosis; Elderly

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APATHY; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; AFFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77956935420     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2010.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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