Validating the Geriatric Depression Scale with proxy-based data: A case-control psychological autopsy study in rural China

•This study supports the validity of the GDS-30 and GDS-15 for measuring depressive severity in psychological autopsy research in rural China.•The GDS-30 and GDS-15 may be better implied as measures of depressive severity than as diagnostic instruments with psychological autopsy method.•The GDS-15 c...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of affective disorders 2018-12, Vol.241, p.533-538
Hauptverfasser:	Niu, Lu, Jia, Cunxian, Ma, Zhenyu, Wang, Guojun, Yu, Zhenjun, Zhou, Liang
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Chinese rural elderly Geriatric Depression Scale Psychological autopsy Suicide
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