The assessment of depression: a model for quality review of emergency psychiatry.
Of 167 patients appearing in the psychiatric emergency room of a metropolitan hospital, 68 were categorized as significantly depressed by the Zung depression scale but only 43 were considered depressed by clinician-interviewers. The use of a patient self-rating scale, which in this setting permitted the identification of deficiencies in the recognition of depression, is applicable to quality review in a variety of clinical settings.
D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012737:Sex Factors