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[Validation of a depression threshold: the Hamilton scale]
L'Encephale
|January 1, 1982
Abstract:
We propose a method to suggest cut-off scores for the Hamilton Depression Scale. Two ones are found for the 24 items scale, i.e. 23 and 32; one cut-off score for the 21 items scale, i.e. 20. We show that the second cut-off score is related to the last three items of the 24 items scale. The results are stable, independent of the statistical procedure and reliable within a belgian sample and a canadian one.
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