Screening for major depressive episodes in Japanese patients with epilepsy: Validation and translation of the Japanese version of Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory for Epilepsy (NDDI-E)

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
6013891	Epilepsy & Behavior	2012	5 Pages	PDF

Abstract

âº We translated the NDDI-E English version into Japanese (NDDI-E-J). âº We validated the effectiveness of the NDDI-E-J. âº The NDDI-E-J is a user-friendly self-rating instrument. âº The NDDI-E-J is an efficient tool for rapid identification of depression in epilepsy.

Keywords

Depression Epilepsy Diagnosis Self-administered Screening

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Screening for major depressive episodes in Japanese patients with epilepsy: Validation and translation of the Japanese version of Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory for Epilepsy (NDDI-E)

Authors

Yukari Tadokoro, Tomohiro Oshima, Toshihiko Fukuchi, Andres M. Kanner, Kousuke Kanemoto,