Validity and reliability of a new instrument for assessing mood symptomatology: The Structured Clinical Interview for Mood Spectrum (SCLMOODS)

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 71-82

  Fagiolini, Andrea ^a,e   Dell'Osso, Liliana ^a   Fini, Stefano ^a   Armani, Antonella ^a   Bouanani, Siham ^b   Rucci, Paola ^b   Cassano, Giovanni B ^b   Endicott, Jean ^c   Maser, Jack D ^c   Shear, M Katherine ^c   Grochocinski, Victoria J ^d   Frank, Ellen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d University of Pittsburgh ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Discriminant validity; Inter rater reliability; Internal consistency; Mood spectrum; Test retest reliability; Unipolar depression

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746279758     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.58     Document Type: Article

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