Evaluating brief cognitive impairment screening instruments among African Americans.

This article compared and contrasted the Telephone Interview of Cognitive Status (TICS) to the racially-sensitive Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ). The empirical questions addressed was whether the TICS over-represented African American (AA) cognitive impairment (CI) relative to th...

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Published in:	Aging & Mental Health Vol. 12; no. 4; pp. 488 - 494
Main Authors:	Kiddoe, Jared M., Whitfield, Keith E., Andel, Ross, Edwards, Christopher L.
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul2008
Subjects:	Intellectual disabilities Mental health African Americans Mental health services People with intellectual disabilities Cognition disorders Learning problems Cognitive Abilities Test Disease prevalence
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