Evaluation and monitoring of symptom severity and change in depressed outpatients

• Published in: Journal of clinical psychology Vol. 52; no. 3; pp. 317 - 324
• Main Author: Senra, Carmen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brandon Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01-05-1996; Wiley; Wiley Periodicals Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Ambulatory Care; Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic - therapeutic use; Biological and medical sciences; Clinical outcomes; Depressive Disorder - diagnosis; Depressive Disorder - drug therapy; Depressive Disorder - psychology; Drug therapy; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Mental depression; Middle Aged; Patient Admission; Personality Assessment - statistics & numerical data; Psychological tests; Psychology; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychometrics; Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Reproducibility of Results; Techniques and methods; Treatment Outcome; Human; Mood disorder; Symptomatology; Depression Rating Scale Montgomery Asberg; Evaluation scale; Treatment efficiency; Adult; Depression; Evolution; Psychometrics; Rating Scale for Depression Carroll
• ISSN: 0021-9762; 1097-4679
• DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199605)52:3<317::AID-JCLP9>3.0.CO;2-O

The Montgomery–Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD), and the Carroll Rating Scale (CRS) were applied to 52 depressed outpatients upon first examination and after 12 and 24 weeks drug therapy. Both total scores and scores for specific symptoms were compared. The three scales agreed as regards both the evaluation of acute phase severity and the detection of symptom changes during treatment. The clinical implications of these findings are discussed. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.