The internal and external validity of the Major Depression Inventory in measuring severity of depressive states

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 351-356

  Olsen, Lis Raabaek ^a,b   Jensen, D V ^b   Noerholm, V ^b   Martiny, K ^b   Bech, P ^b  

^a FREDERIKSBORG GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Department of Rheumatology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037319809     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291702006724     Document Type: Article

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