Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 102, Issue 1 , Pages 93-99 , September 2007

Sensitivity to change, discriminative performance, and cutoff criteria to define remission for embedded short scales of the Hamilton depression rating scale (HAMD)

  • Javier Ballesteros

      Affiliations

    • University of the Basque Country, UPV-EHU, Department of Neuroscience-Psychiatry, Leioa, Spain
    • Maria Josefa Recio Foundation- Institute for Psychiatric Research, Bilbao, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. University of the Basque Country, UPV-EHU, Department of Neuroscience-Psychiatry, Barrio Sarriena S/N, E-48940 Leioa; Spain.
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  • Julio Bobes

      Affiliations

    • University of Oviedo, Department of Psychiatry, Oviedo, Spain
    • ,
  • Antonio Bulbena

      Affiliations

    • Autonomous University of Barcelona, Department of Psychiatry, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Antonio Luque

      Affiliations

    • AstraZeneca Farmacéutica Spain S.A., Madrid, Spain
    • ,
  • Rafael Dal-Ré

      Affiliations

    • GlaxoSmithKline S.A., Madrid, Spain
    • ,
  • Nora Ibarra

      Affiliations

    • Maria Josefa Recio Foundation- Institute for Psychiatric Research, Bilbao, Spain
    • ,
  • Itziar Güemes

      Affiliations

    • University of the Basque Country, UPV-EHU, Department of Neuroscience-Psychiatry, Leioa, Spain

Received 12 July 2006 ,Revised 14 December 2006 ,Accepted 15 December 2006.

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PII: S0165-0327(06)00563-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.12.015

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 102, Issue 1 , Pages 93-99 , September 2007

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