OBJECTIVES: To determine the performance of the Patient Health Questionnaire 2 (PHQ‐2)
against the criterion standard for diagnosing major depression, the Diagnostic and Statistical …

Background and Purpose—The purpose of this study was to determine whether motivational
interviewing, a patient-centered counseling technique, can benefit patients' mood 3 months …

There are few data on the co‐morbidity of essential tremor (ET) with depression. To assess
the associations of ET with self‐reported depression and antidepressant medication use. In …

Introduction: patients have reported a lack of knowledge and understanding of stroke and its
risk factors. Uncertainty remains about the most appropriate and effective method of …

Objectives: To determine the accuracy and utility of a single-item screening tool for
depression (the Yale, taken from the Yale—Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale) in patients …

Introduction The effect of fluctuating psychological distress on quality of life (QoL) scores is
not well delineated. We examined how changes in psychological distress affected change in …

The utility of quality of life (QoL) scores in predicting cancer survival remains inconclusive
because of methodological and/or statistical heterogeneity. We examined whether QoL …

Upon completion of the chapter, the student will be able to: 1. Explain the rationale behind
the comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA). 2. Enumerate the components of the CGA …

Objective: To describe and compare current practice in diagnosis and treatment of
depression following acquired brain injury in two countries (UK and the Netherlands) which …

Objective: Recognition of depression in the elderly is exacerbated in rural and remote
regions by a lack of mental health specialists. In nursing homes, screening tools have been …