Impact of major depression on chronic medical illness
β Scribed by Wayne Katon; Paul Ciechanowski
- Book ID
- 117167271
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 84 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3999
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All patients ( N = 123) on the medical services of a chronic care hospital were approached to complete the Folstein Mini-Mental State Exam and the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale. Of 63 patients completing the MADRS, 35% had scores in the depressed range. A comparison of MADRS scores for a
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