A comparison of alternative assessments of depressive symptom severity: A pilot study

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-65

  Biggs, Melanie M ^a   Shores Wilson, Kathy ^a   Rush, A John ^a   Carmody, Thomas J ^b   Trivedi, Madhukar H ^a   Crismon, M Lynn ^c   Toprac, Marcia G ^d   Mason, Mark ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d Texas Dept Mental Hlth Mental R   (United States)

Author keywords

Global measures; Major depressive disorder; Self reports; Symptom severity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033949453     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(00)00159-1     Document Type: Article

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