Attitudes and Perceptions: Please indicate whether you agree or disagree with the following statements by
circling a number 1–4.
	(“1” = strongly disagree, “2” = somewhat disagree, “3” = some what agree, “4” = strongly agree)
		Strongly Disagree			Strongly Agree
1.	Helping depressed patients is important to me.	1	2	3	4
2.	I feel confident that I can accurately diagnose depression in elderly patients.	1	2	3	4
3.	Treating depressed patients is an aspect of practicing medicine that I find rewarding.	1	2	3	4
4.	I do not focus on depression as a diagnosis until I have ruled out organic disease.	1	2	3	4
5.	Family members are included in my decisions and plans regarding treatment and management of depression in the older patient.	1	2	3	4
6.	I am too pressured for time to routinely investigate depression in elderly patients.	1	2	3	4
7.	I have confidence in my ability to prescribe antidepressants for elderly patients	1	2	3	4
8.	When depression and dementia co-exist, depression should still be treated.	1	2	3	4
9.	I feel I am intruding when I probe the emotional concerns of my patients.	1	2	3	4
10.	I consider my knowledge of diagnosis and treatment of depression up to date.	1	2	3	4
11.	Elderly patients have so many problems that I don’t always have time to consider depression	1	2	3	4
12.	I think psychotherapy can help my elderly patients who are depressed.	1	2	3	4
13.	I consider diagnosing and treating depression in elderly patients to be my responsibility.	1	2	3	4
14.	I will send an elderly patient for a psychiatric consult rather than diagnose and treat myself.	1	2	3	4
15.	Elderly patients expect their primary care physician to deal with depression.	1	2	3	4
16.	There is generally nothing that can be done for geriatric patients with depression.	1	2	3	4
17.	Depression is a normal concomitant of aging.	1	2	3	4
18.	My priority is to treat medical problems first then to investigate psychological problems.	1	2	3	4
19.	Given the chronic illnesses that elderly patients suffer, depression is understandable.	1	2	3	4
20.	Older adults with depression likely experienced episodes of depression when they were younger adults.	1	2	3	4
21.	Diagnosing depression automatically burdens me with the responsibility for treatment.	1	2	3	4
22.	I feel comfortable dealing with the family members of depressed patients.	1	2	3	4
23.	Management of elderly people with depression is different from management of younger adults.	1	2	3	4
24.	Depressed elderly patients frustrate me.	1	2	3	4
25.	It is preferable not to use the term “depression” to avoid labeling or stigmatizing the patient.	1	2	3	4
26.	Psychotherapy is less efficacious for the older patient compared to younger patients.	1	2	3	4
27.	Five years from now, caring for geriatric patients with “depression” will be more important to my practice than it is now.	1	2	3	4
28.	In my experience, family members” information is useful in the identification and diagnosis of depression in the older patient.	1	2	3	4