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| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Description | The Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD; Hamilton, 1960) is designed for assessing patients diagnosed with depressive disorders. It contains 17 variables, some rated on a five-point scale and others on a three-point scale. It includes additional variables such as Diurnal variation, derealization, paranoid symptoms, and obsessional symptoms. The scale quantifies interview results. |
| Author | Hamilton, Max |
| Purpose | To assess symptoms in patients diagnosed with depressive disorders, and to quantify results from an interview. |
| Construct | Depression |
| Instrument Type | Rating Scale |
| Reliability | Interrater reliability: For two raters, the correlation between summed scores for the first 10 patients was 0.84. As more patients were added, the correlation increased to 0.90 for the final 70 patients. |
| Validity | Predictive validity: Among 64 patients, 49 were followed up after treatment. Factor 3 showed the only significant correlation with outcome (0.27), although its clinical relevance is unclear. Other factors showed weaker correlations. |
| Test Methodology | Test Validity, Predictive Validity, Test Reliability, Interrater Reliability |
| Test Year | 1960 |
| Classification | 6700 Mental Health/Illness Related Assessment |
| Age Group | Adulthood (18+ years), Thirties (30-39), Middle Age (40-64), Aged (65+) |
| Population Group | Human, Male |
| Population Details | Psychiatric patients |
| Keywords | Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, Test Development |
| Index Terms | Major Depression, Rating Scales, Test Construction |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1037/t04100-000 |
| Source Reference | Hamilton, M. (1960). A rating scale for depression. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 23, 56–61. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.23.1.56 |
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Mohammed looti (2026). Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD, HAM-D). PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/hamilton-rating-scale-for-depression-hrsd-ham-d/
Mohammed looti. "Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD, HAM-D)." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 3 Apr. 2026, https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/hamilton-rating-scale-for-depression-hrsd-ham-d/.
Mohammed looti. "Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD, HAM-D)." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 2026. https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/hamilton-rating-scale-for-depression-hrsd-ham-d/.
Mohammed looti (2026) 'Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD, HAM-D)', PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Available at: https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/hamilton-rating-scale-for-depression-hrsd-ham-d/.
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