Depression screening for patients with epilepsy in a primary care setting using the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 and the Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory for Epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 387-390

  Margrove, Kerrie ^a   Mensah, Seth ^c   Thapar, Ajay ^b   Kerr, Michael ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c WHITCHURCH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agoraphobia; Depression; Epilepsy; Inventory for Epilepsy; Neurological Disorders Depression; Patient Health Questionnaire 2; Primary care

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS DEPRESSION INVENTORY; PANIC; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 2; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 80051473057     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.05.026     Document Type: Article

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