The Calgary Depression Rating Scale for Schizophrenia: Development and interrater reliability of a German version (CDSS-G)

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 433-443

  Müller, Matthias J ^a   Marx Dannigkeit, Petra ^b   Schlösser, Ralf ^a   Wetzel, Hermann ^a   Addington, Donald ^c   Benkert, Otto ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b AGAPLESION MARKUS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; Rating scales; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VIDEOTAPE;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0344200092     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3956(99)00018-7     Document Type: Article

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