Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 63-65 , June 2009

Applicability of 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale to detect depression in elderly medical outpatients

  • Om Prakash

      Affiliations

    • Geriatric Clinic & Services, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91 8026995351; fax: +91 8026564830.
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  • Laxmi Narayan Gupta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, S.P. Medical College, Bikaner, India
    • ,
  • Veer Bhadur Singh

      Affiliations

    • Geriatric Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine, S.P. Medical College, Bikaner, India
    • ,
  • Girish Nagarajarao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India

Received 2 January 2009 ,Revised 12 March 2009 ,Accepted 10 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2009.04.005

Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 63-65 , June 2009

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