Reliability and validity of Kasahara's scale of melancholic type of personality (Typus melancholicus) in a German sample population

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-35

  Ueki, Hirofumi ^a   Holzapfel, Christian ^b   Washino, Kaei ^a   Inoue, Masato ^a,c   Ogawa, Naoshi ^a   Takai, Akihiro ^d  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Inuyama Central Hospital   (Japan)

^d Takai Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depression; German sample; Kasahara's scale; Reliability; Typus melancholicus; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; KASAHARA SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035116558     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2001.00781.x     Document Type: Article

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