TY - JOUR
AU - Williams, Janet B. W.
AB - Abstract • The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) is the most widely used scale for patient selection and follow-up in research studies of treatments of depression. Despite extensive study of the reliability and validity of the total scale score, the psychometric characteristics of the individual items have not been well studied. In the only reliability study to report agreement on individual items using a test-retest interview method, most of the items had only fair or poor agreement. Because this is due in part to variability in the way the Information is obtained to make the various rating distinctions, the Structured Interview Guide for the HDRS (SIGH-D) was developed to standardize the manner of administration of the scale. A test-retest reliability study conducted on a series of psychiatric inpatients demonstrated that the use of the SIGH-D results in a substantially improved level of agreement for most of the HDRS items. References 1. Hamilton M: A Rating Scale for Depression . J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1960;23:56-62.Crossref 2. Hedlund JL, Vieweg BW: The Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression: A comprehensive review . J Operational Psychiatry 1979;10:149-165. 3. Carroll BJ, Fielding JM, Blashki TG: Depression rating scales: A critical review . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1973;28:361-366.Crossref 4. Rehm LP, O'Hara MW: Item characteristics of the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression . J Psychiatr Res 1985;19:31-41.Crossref 5. Prusoff BA, Weissman M, Tanner J, Lieb J: Symptom reduction in depressed outpatients treated with amitriptyline or maprotiline: Repeated measurement analysis . Compr Psychiatry 1976;17:749-754.Crossref 6. Bech P, Allerup P, Reisby N, Gram LF: Assessment of symptoms change from improvement curves on the Hamilton depression scale in trials with antidepressants . Psychopharmacology 1984;84:276-281.Crossref 7. Zimmerman M, Coryell W, Pfohl B, Stangl D: Validity of the Hamilton endogenous subscale: An independent replication . Psychiatry Res 1986;18:209-215.Crossref 8. Endicott J, Cohen J, Nee J, Fleiss J, Sarantakos S: Hamilton Depression Rating Scale: Extracted from regular and change versions of the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1981;38:98-103.Crossref 9. Ziegler VE, Meyer DA, Rosen SH, Biggs JT: Reliability of video taped Hamilton ratings . Biol Psychiatry 1978;13:119-122. 10. Spitzer RL, Williams JBW: Classification in psychiatry , in Kaplan H, Sadock B (eds): Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry , ed 4. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1985, pp 591-613. 11. Cicchetti DV, Prusoff BA: Reliability of depression and associated clinical symptoms . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1983;40:987-990.Crossref 12. Endicott J, Spitzer RL: A diagnostic interview: The Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1978;35:837-844.Crossref 13. Guy W (ed): ECDEU Assessment Manual for Psychopharmacology, publication No. ADM 76-336. Rockville, Md, US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1976. 14. Halmi KA, Eckert E, LaDu TJ, Cohen J: Anorexia nervosa: Treatment efficacy of cyproheptadine and amitriptyline . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1986;43:177-181.Crossref 15. Langer G, Koinig G, Hatzinger R, Schonbeck G, Resch F, Aschauer H, Keshavan MS, Sieghart W: Response of thyrotropin to thyrotropin-releasing hormone as predictor of treatment outcome: Prediction of recovery and relapse in treatment with antidepressants and neuroleptics . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1986;43:861-868.Crossref 16. Hamilton M: Development of a rating scale for primary depressive illness . Br J Soc Clin Psychol 1967;6:278-296.Crossref 17. Miller IW, Bishop S, Norman WH, Maddever H: The Modified Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression: Reliability and validity . Psychiatry Res 1985;14:131-142.Crossref
TI - A Structured Interview Guide for the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale
JF - Archives of General Psychiatry
DO - 10.1001/archpsyc.1988.01800320058007
DA - 1988-08-01
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SP - 742
EP - 747
VL - 45
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