Assessing the validity of the PHQ-9, HADS, BDI-II and QIDS-SR16 in measuring severity of depression in a UK sample of primary care patients with a diagnosis of depression: Study protocol

Primary Care and Community Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 67-71

  Cameron, Isobel M ^a   Crawford, John R ^a   Lawton, Kenneth ^a   Sharma, Sumit ^b   Dutoit, Schalk ^b   Hay, Steven ^b   Reid, Ian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL CORNHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Measurement; Primary care; Severity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871484832     PISSN: 17468841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17468840802067486     Document Type: Article

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