Geriatric Depression Scale WisdomCard™

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  1. Stanford University: Geriatric Depression Scale stanford.edu - Geriatric Depression Scale
  2. Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders: Geriatric Depression Scale minddisorders.com - Geriatric Depression Scale
  3. Aging in the Know Foundation for Health and Aging: Disease Prevention - Depression healthinaging.org - Disease Prevention - Depression
  4. Wikipedia: Geriatric Depression Scale en.wikipedia.org - Geriatric Depression Scale
  5. Linkroll Depression Help: The Significance of the Geriatric Depression Scale linkroll.com - The Significance of the Geriatric Depression Scale
  6. eMedicineHealth: Geriatric Depression Scale (Koenig) emedicinehealth.com - Geriatric Depression Scale (Koenig)
  7. PubMed Central: The Geriatric Depression Scale and the Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia. A Validity Study ncbi.nlm.nih.gov - The Geriatric Depression Scale and the Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia. A Validity Study
  8. South Australian Aged Mental Health Care Services: Geriatric Depression Scale (Short Form) mhsfopcls.com - Geriatric Depression Scale (Short Form)
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Research Notes on Geriatric Depression Scale


The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) is a 30 question screening tool used to identify elderly depression. It is used routinely as a part of a comprehensive geriatric assessment.1 The GDS is not intended to replace clinical diagnosis by a mental health professional.2

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  • Yes or no questions are used, enabling simplicity for ill or moderately cognitively impaired individuals.3
  • Usually, a score of 10 or below differentiates depressed patients from those considered nondepressed.1
  • The GDS was developed in 1982, by J. A. Yesavitch and colleagues.2
  • In 1986 a shorter version was developed, picking 15 of the most relevant questions.2

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Research Notes References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders: Geriatric Depression Scale
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Linkroll Depression Help: The Significance of the Geriatric Depression Scale
  3. ↑ Wikipedia: Geriatric Depression Scale

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