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Owen Lum
Publications - 3
Citations - 14532
Owen Lum is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Geriatric Depression Scale & Test validity. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications receiving 13480 citations.
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Development and validation of a geriatric depression screening scale: A preliminary report
Jerome A. Yesavage,T. L. Brink,Terence L. Rose,Owen Lum,Virginia Huang,Michael Adey,Von O. Leirer +6 more
TL;DR: A new Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) designed specifically for rating depression in the elderly was tested for reliability and validity and compared with the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRS-D) and the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale(SDS) as discussed by the authors.
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Screening tests for geriatric depression
TL;DR: It is argued that the diagnosis of depression in aged patients is the responsibility of both psychologists, and non-psychologists, for it is the latter that is most likely to make initial contact with an elder in need of help.