Depression is a common psychiatric disorder in children, adolescents, adults, and the
elderly. Primary care physicians, not mental health professionals, treat the majority of …

Objective: The objective was to provide a systematic review of the screening accuracy of
both versions of the Geriatric Depressions Scale (GDS‐30, GDS‐15). Method: An electronic …

Objective: To describe the development and validation of the Secondary Traumatic Stress
Scale (STSS), a 17-item instrument designed to measure intrusion, avoidance, and arousal …

Background and Purpose—This prospective, multicenter study was performed to determine
the frequency of symptomatic complications up to 30 months after stroke using prespecified …

OBJECTIVE: To develop and test the effectiveness of a 5‐item version of the Geriatric
Depression Scale (GDS) in screening for depression in a frail community‐dwelling older …

Background Depression symptoms may be associated with the development of Alzheimer
disease (AD). Objectives To evaluate the association between depression symptoms and …

Mallon L, Broman J‐E, Hetta J (University Hospital, Uppsala, and Falun Hospital, Falun; and
Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Göteborg; Sweden). Sleep complaints predict coronary …

OBJECTIVE—The aim of this study was to investigate the possible relationship among sleep
complaints, sleep duration, and the development of diabetes prospectively over a 12-year …

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 …

Objective: This study compared the performance of four brief screening measures for
depression in a group of terminally ill patients. The methods included 1) a single-item …