Dimensionality of depression in acute schizophrenia: A methodological study using the Bech-Rafaelsen Melancholia Scale (BRMES)

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 369-378

  Müller, Matthias J ^a   Wetzel, Hermann ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Depression; Dimensionality; Rating scales; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0032170890     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3956(98)00029-6     Document Type: Article

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