A Review of Studies of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale in Healthy Controls: Implications for the Definition of Remission in Treatment Studies of Depression

@article{Zimmerman2004ARO,
  title={A Review of Studies of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale in Healthy Controls: Implications for the Definition of Remission in Treatment Studies of Depression},
  author={M. Zimmerman and I. Chelminski and M. Posternak},
  journal={The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease},
  year={2004},
  volume={192},
  pages={595-601}
}
  • M. Zimmerman, I. Chelminski, M. Posternak
  • Published 2004
  • Psychology, Medicine
  • The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
    • The Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD) is the most commonly used symptom severity scale to evaluate the efficacy of antidepressant treatment. On the basis of an expert consensus panel, an HRSD score of ≤7 was recommended as a cutoff to define remission. Since that recommendation, little empirical work has been conducted to confirm the validity of this threshold. One approach toward determining a cutoff score for defining remission is to establish the range of values for healthy… CONTINUE READING
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