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11281034

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-4-2
pubmed:abstractText
Despite widespread use of the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD; M. Hamilton, 1960), questions have been raised concerning its psychometric properties. A nonparametric item response model was used to examine how the probability of observing a specific symptom of depression changes with increases in depressive severity in a sample of depressed adults. Results showed that options from a number of items on the HRSD did not vary as a function of severity and therefore should not be viewed as indicators of depressive severity. The extent to which symptoms are expressed as a function of depressive severity carries important implications for the use of the HRSD as a measure of severity and for the debate concerning construction of depression as a continuum. Results argue against viewing depression as a simple continuum.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1040-3590
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
127-39
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Examining symptom expression as a function of symptom severity: item performance on the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4J1, Canada. dsantor@is.dal.ca
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article