A comparison of homeless, community-wide, and selected distressed samples on the CES-Depression Scale. | Zendy

Ferris J. Ritchey | Zendy; Mark La Gory | Zendy; Kevin M. Fitzpatrick | Zendy; J Mullis | Zendy

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A comparison of homeless, community-wide, and selected distressed samples on the CES-Depression Scale.

Author(s) -

Ferris J. Ritchey,

Mark La Gory,

Kevin M. Fitzpatrick,

J Mullis

Publication year - 1990

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.80.11.1384

Subject(s) - depression (economics) , epidemiology , psychiatry , center for epidemiologic studies depression scale , population , medicine , scale (ratio) , demography , psychology , gerontology , depressive symptoms , environmental health , anxiety , geography , cartography , sociology , economics , macroeconomics

Center for Epidemiological Studies (CES) Depression Scale results for surveys of homeless, community-wide and selected distressed samples are compared. Nearly four times the percentage of homeless fit the criterion for clinical caseness (a score of 16+) compared to the general population (74 to 19 percent). None of the distressed samples exhibited a higher rate except psychiatric patients diagnosed as acutely depressive. High rates of depression have implications for social policies directed toward homelessness.

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