On the validity of the Bech-Rafaelsen Melancholia Scale (BRMS)

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 119-128

  Smolka, Michael ^a   Stieglitz, Rolf Dieter ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment of depression; BRMS; Observer rating; Self report; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032997026     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(98)00150-5     Document Type: Article

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