GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE (GDS)

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N., Pam M.S.
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assessment designed to use with people over 65 years of age and is a self-administered test of 30 questions. Devised by T L Brink, Jerome Tesavage and their colleagues in 1982.

GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE (GDS): "The geriatric depression scale is an assessment of depression."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY (BDI)
  2. BARRON-WELSH ART SCALE (BWAS)
  3. CALIFORNIA PSYCHOLOGICAL INVENTORY (CPI)
  4. SLOSSON INTELLIGENCE TEST (SIT)
  5. WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE (WAIS)
  6. BARTLETT'S TEST
  7. ACT ASSESSMENT
  8. BRUININKS-OSERETSKY TEST OF MOTOR PROFICIENCY (BOT)
  9. PARTICIPATORY EVALUATION
  10. RETEST RELIABILITY
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE (GDS)," in PsychologyDictionary.org, May 11, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/geriatric-depression-scale-gds/ (accessed October 17, 2021).
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