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Dementia and depression in elderly persons: Agecat compared with dsm III and pervasive illness
Author(s) -
Copeland John R. M.,
Dewey Michael E.,
GriffithsJones Hazel M.
Publication year - 1990
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/gps.930050108
Subject(s) - dementia , depression (economics) , psychiatry , elderly people , psychology , geriatrics , gerontology , medicine , clinical psychology , disease , economics , macroeconomics
The computer diagnosis AGECAT applied to data from the Geriatric Mental State is shown to agree closely with cases of dementia and depression selected by the ‘pervasive illness’ (Gurland et al. , 1983) and DSM III methods (American Psychiatric Association, 1980). AGECAT selects more borderline cases of depression than either of the other two methods, but also designates two levels of mild or subcases for both depression and dementia.