An examination of the "gold standard" diagnosis of major depression in aged-care settings

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2015-03-10

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Bradley, Amanda
Falkenstrom, Allison
Kent, Steven
Payne, Samuel
Sharifali, Sophia
Willey, Drew

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In older people, who are known to underreport depressive symptomatology, will the prevalence of diagnosed major depressive disorder (MDD) change if an informant interview is added to the “gold standard” individual clinical interview?

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Critically appraised topic completed as an assignment in Essentials of Clinical Medicine II

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Depression, Aged

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http://hdl.handle.net/10675.2/346478

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