Hamilton depression rating scale and montgomery-asberg depression rating scale in depressed and bipolar I patients: Psychometric properties in a Brazilian sample

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Carneiro, Adriana Munhoz ^a   Fernandes, Fernando ^a   Moreno, Ricardo Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Depression; Rating scales; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BRAZILIAN; CONCENTRATION LOSS; DSM-IV; FEMALE; GUILT; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; INSOMNIA; INTROSPECTION; LOSS OF APPETITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RELIABILITY; RESTLESSNESS; SADNESS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUICIDE; VALIDITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAZIL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAZIL; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926614688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12955-015-0235-3     Document Type: Article

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