Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression
Escala de depresión de Hamilton
- Date
- 1960 · confidence high
- Place
- Leeds, England, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- Max Hamilton
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
A multi-item clinical questionnaire to assess the severity of depressive symptoms and treatment progress, published by British psychiatrist Max Hamilton and revised in later years.
What it led to
- a reference scale in antidepressant clinical trials for decades
- standardized the measurement of depression in psychiatry
- the basis for later scales such as the Montgomery-Åsberg scale