Effects of education and culture on the validity of the Geriatric Mental State and its AGECAT algorithm

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 185, Issue NOV., 2004, Pages 429-436

  Prince, Martin ^a   Acosta, Daisy ^b   Chiu, Helen ^c   Copeland, John ^d   Dewey, Michael ^a   Scazufca, Marcia ^e   Varghese, Mathew ^f  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena   (Dominican Republic)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EDUCATION; GERIATRIC MENTAL STATE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CULTURE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 8344233364     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.185.5.429     Document Type: Article

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