Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D)
Stratifies severity of depression, similar to PHQ-9.
INSTRUCTIONS
The original HAM-D has 21 items, but scoring is based only on the first 17.
0 points
HAM-D Score
Normal
No depression
Dr. Max Hamilton
About the creator
Max Hamilton, MD, FRCP, (d. 1988) was a senior lecturer in psychiatry at the University of Leeds in England. He was also president of the British Psychological Society and received the Paul Hoch Prize for Distinguished Psychiatric Research from the American Psychopathological Association in 1980. Dr. Hamilton’s research focused primarily on psychometrics and clinical statistics.
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