Assessment of Depression

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Standardized Instruments Used in the Assessment of Depression in German-Speaking Countries....Pages 1-8
Systems and Scales for the Assessment of Depression in French-Speaking Countries....Pages 9-18
Standardized Instruments for the Evaluation of Affective Disturbances in Spain and Spanish-Speaking Countries....Pages 19-22
The Area of the Bulgarian People’s Republic, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Polish People’s Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia....Pages 23-29
Standardized Instruments Used in the Assessment of Depression in the Scandinavian Countries....Pages 30-35
Instruments Used in the Assessment of Depression in Japan....Pages 36-45
Rating Scales for Depression in Italy....Pages 46-54
Standard Instruments Used in the Assessment of Depression in Africa....Pages 55-60
The WHO Instruments for the Assessment of Depressive Disorders....Pages 61-81
AMDP-III in the Assessment of Depression....Pages 82-89
Rating of Depression with a Subscale of the CPRS....Pages 90-107
A Self-Report Inventory on Depressive Symptomatology (QD2) and Its Abridged Form (QD2A)....Pages 108-122
Applications of the Beck Depression Inventory....Pages 123-142
The Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression....Pages 143-152
The Development of Four Self-Assessment Depression Scales....Pages 153-158
Assessment of Depression Using the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale....Pages 159-178
The Brief Depression Rating Scale....Pages 179-187
The Carroll Rating Scale for Depression....Pages 188-200
The Newcastle Scale....Pages 201-212
The Symptom-Rating Test....Pages 213-220
Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale and Depression Status Inventory....Pages 221-231
Depression Scales Derived from the Hopkins Symptom Checklist....Pages 232-248
The Wittenborn Psychiatric Rating Scale....Pages 249-258
The Melancholia Scale: Development, Consistency, Validity, and Utility....Pages 259-269
Clinical Self-Rating Scales (CSRS) of the Munich Psychiatric Information System (PSYCHIS München)....Pages 270-303
The Clinical Interview for Depression....Pages 304-315
Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia: Regular and Change Versions....Pages 316-323
The Assessment of Depression in Children and Adolescents....Pages 324-342
Instruments Used in the Assessment of Depression in Psychogeriatric Patients....Pages 343-355
Self-Report and Clinical Interview in the Assessment of Depression....Pages 356-366
Sensitivity to Treatment Effects of Evaluation Instruments Completed by Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Nurses, and Patients....Pages 367-376