What does the HAMD mean?

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 148, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 243-248

  Leucht, Stefan ^a   Fennema, Hein ^c   Engel, Rolf ^b   Kaspers Janssen, Marion ^c   Lepping, Peter ^d,e   Szegedi, Armin ^f  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Merck Sharp and Dohme   (Netherlands)

^d BETSI CADWALADR UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^e GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical Global Impression (CGI); Equipercentile linking; Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAMD); Major depression; Remission; Response

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; VALIDITY;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877690967     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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