Psychometric properties of the Gotland Scale for Depression in Italian psychiatric inpatients and its utility in the prediction of suicide risk

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 99-103

  Innamorati, Marco ^a   Pompili, Maurizio ^a,b   Gonda, Xenia ^c   Amore, Mario ^d   Serafini, Gianluca ^a   Niolu, Cinzia ^e   Lester, David ^f   Rutz, Wolfgang ^g   Rihmer, Zoltan ^c   Girardi, Paolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^f RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; Hopelessness; Male depression; Suicide risk; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GOTLAND SCALE FOR DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIA; MENTAL PATIENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 79958129591     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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