Reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale.

@article{Akdemir2001ReliabilityAV,
  title={Reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale.},
  author={Asena Akdemir and Mehmet Hakan T{\"u}rkçapar and Sibel Orsel and N. Demirergi and Ihsan Dağ and M. Haluk Ozbay},
  journal={Comprehensive psychiatry},
  year={2001},
  volume={42 2},
  pages={
          161-5
        }
}
The aim of the study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS). Ninety-four patients with major depression/depressive mood disorders and 40 healthy controls participated in the study. The severity of depression was assessed with the HDRS, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and Clinical Global Impression score (CGI). The test-retest reliability coefficient of the HDRS was based on a 5-day interval was.85, with a Cronbach alpha… 
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