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N Masters

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PubMed1989

Poverty and depression.

Depression is often associated with financial difficulties. Helping to resolve money problems may be an important factor in treating depression.

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PubMed1989

Is living in a slab block depressing?

The level of depression in 25 to 34-year-old, married women was assessed in relation to type of accommodation. The highest depression ratings were in women living in slab blocks and the lowest were in those living in brick houses in conventional streets.

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PubMed1988

Depression and the physical environment. A study of young married women on a London housing estate.

A depression-screening instrument (DSI) was administered to all 25-34-year-old, British-born, married women registered with a health centre on a south-east London housing estate. A disproportionate number of high scorers lived in those dwellings with the highest disadvantagement score. The dwelling interiors of the high DSI scorers were significantly poorer in appearance compared with those of the low scorers. Significantly more of the high scorers (and of their husbands) described the estate as unpleasant, and bad for their children. They raised significantly more objections to other residents' (including children's) behaviour. Their complaints were only partly explicable in terms of their less favourable accommodation.

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The Depression Screening Instrument (DSI): a device for the detection of depressive disorders in general practice.

The paper describes the design, application and psychometric properties of a 16-item depression screening questionnaire for use in community surveys carried out in general practice. The instrument was shown to have a satisfactory factorial structure and a high internal reliability. All 16 items showed very significant discrimination between a patient and a population sample and the total score correlated highly with that of two other widely used instruments. When measured against the PSE CATEGO-ID ratings the instrument was shown to have a high degree of validity and the value of the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was high. Sensitivity and specificity levels were presented for a range of cutting points.

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