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DEPRESSION IN DEMENTIA: A STUDY OF MOOD IN A COMMUNITY SAMPLE AND REFERRALS TO A COMMUNITY SERVICE
Author(s) -
ALLEN HARRY,
JOLLEY DAVE,
COMISH JANICE,
BURNS ALISTAIR
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1166(199705)12:5<513::aid-gps533>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - dementia , depression (economics) , mood , psychiatry , psychology , sample (material) , cognition , cognitive impairment , depressive symptoms , clinical psychology , gerontology , medicine , disease , chemistry , chromatography , economics , macroeconomics
The association between degree of cognitive impairment and severity of depressive symptoms was examined in a randomly selected community‐based sample of elderly people and in a sample of patients referred to an old age psychiatry service. Findings contradict previous reports of less cognitive impairment in demented patients with depressive symptoms. We suggest that sample selection bias has contributed to the earlier reports. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.