Rating dysthymia: An assessment of the construct and content validity of the Cornell Dysthymia Rating Scale

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 71, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 85-96

  Hellerstein, David J ^a,b   Batchelder, Sarai T ^b   Lee, Agnes ^c   Borisovskaya, Margarita ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysthymic disorder; Rating scales; Test validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNELL DYSTHYMIA RATING SCALE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036346193     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(01)00371-8     Document Type: Article

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