title: Screening for Depression in the Medically Ill: a comparison of self-report measures, clinician judgment, and DSM-IV diagnoses.
abstract: The performance of the self-report 10-item Depression in the Medically Ill scale was observed in 210 patients as part of clinical assessment by consultation-liaison psychiatry clinicians. Both the Depression in the Medically Ill scale and the Beck Depression Inventory for Primary Care were completed by the patient, and the clinicians made their judgment of the presence and severity of "clinical depression" and DSM-IV affective disorder diagnoses. Both the Depression in the Medically Ill scale and the Beck Depression Inventory for Primary Care detected 85% of patients with DSM-IV major depressive episode. The Depression in the Medically Ill scale was slightly superior to the Beck Depression Inventory for Primary Care in its relationship to clinicians' judgments of clinical depression caseness.
authors.affiliation: St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia. kwilhelm@stvincents.com.au
authors.forename: Kay
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wilhelm
authors.forename: Beth
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kotze
authors.forename: Merilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Waterhouse
authors.forename: Dusan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hadzi-Pavlovic
authors.forename: Gordon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parker
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000379:methods; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012647:Self-Assessment