title: Standardized Assessment of Depressive Disorders: a replicated study from northern India.
abstract: A total of 91 subjects with depressive disorder have been studied using the WHO-standardized Standardized Assessment of Depressive Disorders (SADD). The 10 most frequently reported symptoms were sadness, anxiety, joylessness, lack of energy, hopelessness, loss of interest, disruption of social functioning, irritability, loss of ability to concentrate and lack of appetite. The results of this study are compared with other available work on SADD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Garg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results