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Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 21-Item Questionnaire
Definition 1
A standardized rating scale developed by M. Hamilton in 1960 which is used to evaluate the severity of an individual's depression. This version of the instrument contains all 21 questions or types of symptoms associated with depression such as anxiety, mood, insomnia, and somatic symptoms experienced within the past week and is completed during a semi-structured interview. Each symptom is rated on a scale of 0-2, 0-3, or 0-4 with 0 being absent and 2, 3, or 4 being the most severe. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 21-Item (HAMD 21) (Hedlund and Vieweg, The Hamilton rating scale for depression. Journal of Operational Psychiatry, 1979;10(2):149-165). (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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