A comparison of homeless, community-wide, and selected distressed samples on the CES-Depression Scale.
- 1 November 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 80 (11) , 1384-1386
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.80.11.1384
Abstract
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.This publication has 23 references indexed in Scilit:
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