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A Method for Measuring Depression: Validity Studies on a Depression Questionnaire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

I. Pilowsky  and
D. Spalding
I. Pilowsky
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Sydney, Australia
D. Spalding
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Sydney
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In previous papers (Pilowsky, Levine and Boulton, 1969; Pilowsky and Boulton, 1970; Pilowsky and McGrath, 1970) we have described the development of a depression questionnaire and its use in the classification and identification of depressed patients. In order to increase the flexibility of the questionnaire as a research tool we have derived a depression scale from the items in it and have investigated its validity as a measure of the depth of depression. The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of the depression scale and report the results of validation studies.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 121 , Issue 563 , October 1972 , pp. 411 - 416
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1972 

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