## Objective: To validate the hamilton depression (17) and montgommery and asberg depression scales as research instruments in older depressed community residents. ## Design: External validation against gms/agecat case level in the recruitment of older community residents for an antidepressant tr
Standardizing the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale: past, present, and future
β Scribed by Janet B. W. Williams
- Book ID
- 105699974
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 651 KB
- Volume
- 251
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1433-8491
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