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Validation of an Inventory for Measuring Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Maryse Metcalfe  and
Ellen Goldman
Maryse Metcalfe
Affiliation:
Neuropsychiatric Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Carshalton, and West Park Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
Ellen Goldman
Affiliation:
Cambridge (Mass.), U.S.A
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The assessment and measurement of the mental state in patients suffering from a depressive illness is important both in clinical psychiatry and in research. Clinical assessment by an experienced psychiatrist, even when it is quantified on the basis of a rating scale (e.g. Hamilton's Rating Scale for Depression) has the disadvantage of being dependent on the skill of the rater and on his clinical bias. These drawbacks make it somewhat difficult to compare meaningfully results obtained in different investigations.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 111 , Issue 472 , March 1965 , pp. 240 - 242
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1965 

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References

Beck, A. T., Ward, C. H., Mendelson, M., Mock, J., and Erbaugh, J. (1961). “An inventory for measuring depression.” Arch. gen. Psychiat., 4, 561–571.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Hamilton, M. (1960). “A rating scale for depression.” J. Neur. Neurosurg. Psychiat., 23, 56–62.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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