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A Comparison Between the Hamilton Rating Scale and the Beck Inventory in the Measurement of Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. Bailey  and
Alec Coppen
J. Bailey
Affiliation:
External Member of Medical Research Council, Neuropsychiatry Laboratory, West Park Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
Alec Coppen
Affiliation:
External Member of Medical Research Council, Neuropsychiatry Laboratory, West Park Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
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Summary

Correlations were made between ratings on the Hamilton Rating Scale for depression and the Inventory for measuring depression devised by Beck. Satisfactory and significant correlations were observed in only two-thirds of the patients, and often very divergent results were found in the remaining third.

Type
Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 128 , Issue 5 , May 1976 , pp. 486 - 489
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1976 

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