The Aging Males' Symptoms (AMS) Scale assesses depression and anxiety

Aging Male

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 97-101

  Lee, Chin Pang ^a,b   Jiang, Jun Ran ^a,b,c   Chen, Yu ^a,b,c   Chu, Chun Lin ^a,b,c   Hsu, Shih Chieh ^a,b,c   Chen, Chun Liang ^a,b,c   Chen, Ching Yen ^a,b,c  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Men's Health Center   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aging Males' Symptoms (AMS); Anxiety; Depression; Psychiatric outpatients; Sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AGING MALES' SYMPTOMS SCALE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84883594791     PISSN: 13685538     EISSN: 14730790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13685538.2013.807428     Document Type: Article

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