Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression).

HAM-D / HDRS / HRSD

What it measures

Clinician-rated severity of depression across mood, guilt, suicide, insomnia, work/activities, retardation, agitation, anxiety, somatic and weight items; emphasis on melancholic/somatic features

Length and format

17 (HDRS-17 core); 21- and 24-item extended versions exist. Clinician rating per item (0-2 or 0-4), summed; HDRS-17 range 0-52 (clinician-rated/interview)

Language versions

Translated into most major languages worldwide (structured-interview guides e.g. GRID-HAMD, SIGH-D in many languages)

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

public-domain / open

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Reference

Hamilton, M. (1960). A rating scale for depression. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 23(1), 56-62.