Inter-rater reliability of Hamilton depression rating scale using video- recorded interviews - Focus on rater-blinding

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 191-194

  Prasad, M Krishna ^a   Udupa, K ^a   Kishore, K R ^a   Thirthalli, J ^a   Sathyaprabha, T N ^a   Gangadhar, B N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

21 item Hamilton depression rating scale (Ham D); Inter rater reliability; Rater blinding; Video recorded interviews

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 77953370970     PISSN: 00195545     EISSN: 19983794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.55085     Document Type: Article

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