Carroll Rating Scale for Depression

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 ...

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...

Validation of the aphasic depression rating scale.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Aphasic Depression Rating Scale (ADRS) was developed to detect and measure depression in aphasic patients during the subacute stage of stroke. METHODS Six experts selected an initial sampling of behavioral items from existing depression rating scales. Stroke patients (aphasic and nonaphasic) were assessed with these items by the rehabilitation staff, with the Hamilt...