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Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression with Medical In-Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

John J. Schwab ,
Martin R. Bialow ,
Roy S. Clemmons  and
Charles E. Holzer
John J. Schwab
Affiliation:
College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville
Martin R. Bialow
Affiliation:
Maimonides Hospital, Brooklyn, New York
Roy S. Clemmons
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville
Charles E. Holzer
Affiliation:
College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville
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This report evaluates the use of the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRS) (5) in a general medical in-patient population; it is one part of a comprehensive study of depression in these patients (10, 11). The Hamilton Rating Scale was designed to measure the severity of depression in patients already diagnosed as having depressive illness. Hamilton (5) states, “the scale quantifies the results of an interview and is of practical value in assessing the results of treatment.” Recently, the HRS has been used for measuring psychiatric patients' responses to antidepressant medications (7, 9, 12), but there are no reports of its use with medical patients.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 113 , Issue 494 , January 1967 , pp. 83 - 88
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1967 

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