Assessing clinical significance: Application to the Hamilton rating scale for depression

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-34

  Grundy, Curtis T ^a   Lambert, Michael J ^a   Grundy, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; RATING SCALE; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029892003     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638239650037162     Document Type: Short Survey

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