The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 vs. the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression in Assessing Major Depressive Disorder

The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 vs. the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression in Assessing Major Depressive Disorder

Background: The Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAMD-17) has been used for several decades to assess the severity of depression. Multiple studies have documented defects in this scale and deemed it unsuitable for clinical evaluation. The HAMD-6, which is the abbreviated version of HAMD-17, has...

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Main Authors: Simeng Ma, Jun Yang, Bingxiang Yang, Lijun Kang, Peilin Wang, Nan Zhang, Wei Wang, Xiaofen Zong, Ying Wang, Hanping Bai, Qingshan Guo, Lihua Yao, Li Fang, Zhongchun Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
depression
PHQ-9
HAMD-17
assessment
item response theory
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.747139/full

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