Short versions of the geriatric depression scale: a study of their validity for the diagnosis of a major depressive episode according to ICD‐10 and DSM‐IV

To determine the validity of short Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) versions for the detection of a major depressive episode according to ICD‐10 criteria for research and DSM‐IV.

[1]  B. Draper.  Editorial Review. Attempted suicide in old age , 1996 .

[2]  G. Kockott.  [Attempted suicide in old age]. , 1981, Fortschritte der Medizin.

[3]  M. Izal,et al.  The Geriatric Depression Scale: A Review of Its Development and Utility , 1996, International Psychogeriatrics.

[4]  Nathan Herrmann,et al.  A validation study of The Geriatric Depression Scale short form , 1996 .

[5]  P. Rabins,et al.  A Scale to Measure Impairment in Severe Dementia and Similar Conditions. , 1996, The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.

[6]  Mark E. Williams,et al.  Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression in Late Life , 1992 .

[7]  R. Mahendran,et al.  Screening for depression among acutely ill geriatric inpatients with a short Geriatric Depression Scale. , 1997, Age and ageing.

[8]  S. Katz,et al.  Introduction: The Subjective Burden of Depression , 1997 .

[9]  J. Yesavage,et al.  Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS): Recent evidence and development of a shorter version. , 1986 .

[10]  S. Folstein,et al.  "Mini-mental state". A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician. , 1975, Journal of psychiatric research.

[11]  J. Mulder,et al.  Evaluation of the feasibility, reliability and diagnostic value of shortened versions of the geriatric depression scale. , 1995, The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners.

[12]  M. Kuchibhatla,et al.  Use of health services by hospitalized medically ill depressed elderly patients. , 1998, The American journal of psychiatry.

[13]  B. Winblad,et al.  Preclinical symptoms of major depression in very old age: a prospective longitudinal study. , 1998, The American journal of psychiatry.

[14]  S. Noltorp,et al.  Experience with a Swedish version of the Geriatric Depression Scale in primary care centres , 1997, International journal of geriatric psychiatry.

[15]  J. Copeland,et al.  Range of Mental Illness Among the Elderly in the Community , 1987, British Journal of Psychiatry.

[16]  P. Rabins.  Barriers to diagnosis and treatment of depression in elderly patients , 1996 .

[17]  D. Blazer.  Major depression in later life. , 1989, Hospital Practice.

[18]  C. Y. Liu,et al.  Correlations between Scores on Chinese Versions of Long and Short Forms of the Geriatric Depression Scale among Elderly Chinese , 1998, Psychological reports.

[19]  C. Katona,et al.  SCREENING FOR DEPRESSION AMONG GERIATRIC INPATIENTS WITH SHORT VERSIONS OF THE GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE , 1996 .

[20]  D. Kay,et al.  Dementia and depression among the elderly living in the Hobart community: the effect of the diagnostic criteria on the prevalence rates , 1985, Psychological Medicine.

[21]  I. Heuser,et al.  Improving depression severity assessment--II. Content, concurrent and external validity of three observer depression scales. , 1988, Journal of psychiatric research.

[22]  W. Strawbridge,et al.  Does growing old increase the risk for depression? , 1997, The American journal of psychiatry.

[23]  H. Cohen,et al.  Detection and Treatment of Major Depression in Older Medically Ill Hospitalized Patients , 1989, International journal of psychiatry in medicine.

[24]  O. Almeida,et al.  [Reliability of the Brazilian version of the ++abbreviated form of Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) short form]. , 1999, Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria.

[25]  V. Leirer,et al.  Development and validation of a geriatric depression screening scale: a preliminary report. , 1982, Journal of psychiatric research.

[26]  M. B. Napier,et al.  Attempted Suicide in Old Age , 1953, British medical journal.

[27]  Y. Conwell,et al.  Screening for depression in elderly primary care patients. A comparison of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale and the Geriatric Depression Scale. , 1997, Archives of internal medicine.

[28]  C. Lyketsos,et al.  Depression Without Sadness: Functional Outcomes of Nondysphoric Depression in Later Life , 1997, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

[29]  D. Espino,et al.  A SPANISH VERSION OF THE GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE IN MEXICAN‐AMERICAN ELDERS , 1997, International journal of geriatric psychiatry.

[30]  H. Calil,et al.  Depression Assessment in Brazil , 1987, British Journal of Psychiatry.

[31]  M. Åsberg,et al.  A New Depression Scale Designed to be Sensitive to Change , 1979, British Journal of Psychiatry.

[32]  G. Livingston,et al.  The Gospel Oak Study: prevalence rates of dementia, depression and activity limitation among elderly residents in Inner London , 1990, Psychological Medicine.

[33]  C. Katona,et al.  Screening, detection and management of depression in elderly primary care attenders. I: The acceptability and performance of the 15 item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS15) and the development of short versions. , 1994, Family practice.

[34]  W. Sacco,et al.  Psychometric evaluation of the Geriatric Depression Scale and the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale using an elderly community sample. , 1989, Psychology and aging.

[35]  B. Lebowitz,et al.  Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression in Late Life: Consensus Statement Update , 1997 .

[36]  P. Duberstein,et al.  Relationships of age and axis I diagnoses in victims of completed suicide: a psychological autopsy study. , 1996, The American journal of psychiatry.

[37]  J. Clément,et al.  [Development and contribution to the validation of a brief French version of the Yesavage Geriatric Depression Scale]. , 1997, L'Encephale.

[38]  D. Jolley,et al.  One Hundred Cases of Suicide in Elderly People , 1995, British Journal of Psychiatry.

[39]  D S Rae,et al.  Limitations of diagnostic criteria and assessment instruments for mental disorders. Implications for research and policy. , 1998, Archives of general psychiatry.

[40]  W. Sacco,et al.  Psychometric evaluation of the Zung Self-rating Depression Scale and the Geriatric Depression Scale using a community sample , 1989 .

[41]  P. Snaith.  What Do Depression Rating Scales Measure? , 1993, British Journal of Psychiatry.