A RATING SCALE FOR DEPRESSION

A rating scale for depression.

The Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression.

The Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (often abbreviated to HRSD, HDRS or Ham-D) was written in the late 1950s by Max Hamilton, a psychiatrist at Leeds University and originally designed to evaluate the performance of the first group of antidepressants [1]. The scale is still widely used to measure the effectiveness of antidepressant medication in clinical trials. For more than 40 years, it ...

[Zung's self-rating depression scale].

Statement A little of the time Some of the time A Good part of the time Most of the time 1. I feel down-hearted and blue 1 2 3 4 2. Morning is when I feel the best. 4 3 2 1 3. I have crying spells or feel like it. 1 2 3 4 4. I have trouble sleeping at night 1 2 3 4 5. I eat as much as I used to. 4 3 2 1 6. I still enjoy sex. 4 3 2 1 7. I notice that I am losing weight. 1 2 3 4 8. I have trouble...

A psychometric comparison of the Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia and the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale.

This study compared two measures of depression in a population with schizophrenia. Inpatients (n = 112) with schizophrenia, were assessed on the Hamilton (HDRS), and Calgary (CDSS) depression scales and the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). Eighty-nine were reassessed 3 months later. A principal components factor analysis was applied to each depression scale. The relationship betwee...

Use of the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression and the Carroll Self-Rating Scale in adolescents.

The relationship of clinicians' ratings of depression in adolescents to self-rating is important to clinical research. The Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD) and the Carroll Self-Rating Scale (CSRS) were compared in a study of 81 psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents. The correlation of CSRS and HRSD total scores in adolescents with melancholic major depression was 0.46, lower than ...