A bilingual computerized voice-interactive system for screening depression symptoms

Journal of Technology in Human Services

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1-20

  González, Gerardo M ^a,b   Shriver, Chris ^b  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CES D; Depression screening; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; RISKS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CES-D; SCREENING DEPRESSION SYMPTOMS; SPEECH COMPUTERIZED INTERVIEWS;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 9744232090     PISSN: 15228835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J017v22n04_01     Document Type: Article

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