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 correlatio...

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Veröffentlicht in:Psychiatry research 1985-02, Vol.14 (2), p.123-129
Hauptverfasser: Robbins, Douglas R., Alessi, Norman E., Colfer, Marit V., Yanchyshyn, Gordon W.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung: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 the correlation reported in adults (0.80). Higher correlations were seen in females and in nonmelancholic and nondepressed subgroups. While the comparison of the two rating methods suggests some characteristics of depressed adolescents' presentation of their illness, it does not appear that the self-rating instrument can be used as an alternative to clinicians' ratings.
ISSN:0165-1781
1872-7123
DOI:10.1016/0165-1781(85)90056-3