Why do some depressed outpatients who are not in remission according to the Hamilton depression rating scale nonetheless consider themselves to be in remission?

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 891-895

  Zimmerman, Mark ^a,b   Martinez, Jennifer ^a,b   Attiullah, Naureen ^a,b   Friedman, Michael ^a,b   Toba, Cristina ^a,b   Boerescu, Daniela A ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression; remission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMISSION INDUCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84867100907     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.21987     Document Type: Article

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