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John A. Copeland

Professor Emeritus, Ga. Tech, ECE
Verified email at ece.gatech.edu
Cited by 8491

Understanding and assessing the motivations of volunteers: a functional approach.

…, M Snyder, RD Ridge, J Copeland… - Journal of personality …, 1998 - psycnet.apa.org
The authors applied functionalist theory to the question of the motivations underlying
volunteerism, hypothesized 6 functions potentially served by volunteerism, and designed an …

Review of community prevalence of depression in later life

ATF Beekman, J Copeland, MJ Prince - The British Journal of …, 1999 - cambridge.org
BackgroundDespite considerable interest, there is no consensus regarding the prevalence
of depression in later life.AimsTo assess the prevalence of late-life depression in the …

Development of the EURO–D scale–a European Union initiative to compare symptoms of depression in 14 European centres

…, I Skoog, C Turrina, JRM Copeland - The British Journal of …, 1999 - cambridge.org
BackgroundIn an 11-country European collaboration, 14 population-based surveys included
21 724 subjects aged ⩾65 years. Most participating centres used the Geriatric Mental State (…

[HTML][HTML] Signal-regulated activation of serum response factor is mediated by changes in actin dynamics

A Sotiropoulos, D Gineitis, J Copeland, R Treisman - Cell, 1999 - cell.com
Serum response factor (SRF) regulates transcription of many serum-inducible and muscle-specific
genes. Using a functional screen, we identified LIM kinase-1 as a potent activator of …

Depression and loss

GW Brown, T Harris, JJ Copeland - The British Journal of Psychiatry, 1977 - cambridge.org
Recent losses occurring in the two years before onset of depression in women are distinguished
from past losses occurring at any time before this. Of past losses only loss of mother …

Frequency and distribution of Alzheimer's disease in Europe: a collaborative study of 1980–1990 prevalence findings

…, M Clarke, JRM Copeland… - Annals of Neurology …, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
We reanalyzed and compared current prevalence estimates of Alzheimer's disease in
Europe. Studies characterized as follows qualified for comparison: dementia defined by the …

Diagnostic criteria of American and British psychiatrists

…, JE Cooper, AJ Gourlay, JRM Copeland… - Archives of General …, 1971 - jamanetwork.com
Videotapes of diagnostic interviews with eight patients, three American and five English,
were shown to large audiences of trained psychiatrists in the eastern United States and in …

Prevalence and determinants of undetected dementia in the community: a systematic literature review and a meta-analysis

…, G Augustine, IM Danat, W Zhou, JR Copeland… - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Detection of dementia is essential for improving the lives of patients but the extent
of underdetection worldwide and its causes are not known. This study aimed to quantify the …

Depression in Europe: geographical distribution among older people

JRM Copeland, ATF Beekman, ME Dewey… - The British Journal of …, 1999 - cambridge.org
BackgroundThis is the first report of results from the EURODEP Programme.AimsTo assess
the prevalence of depression judged suitable for intervention in randomised samples of …

[HTML][HTML] Depression among older people in Europe: the EURODEP studies

JRM Copeland, ATF Beekman, AW Braam… - World …, 2004 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The data from nine centres in Europe which had used the Geriatric Mental Scale (GMS)
AGECAT were analysed to compare prevalence of diagnoses in subjects aged 65 years and …