title: Comparison of self-rated and clinician-rated measures of depression in adolescents.
abstract: To determine whether patients' self-ratings of depression are comparable to clinicians' ratings, 45 depressed adolescents were administered two self-rated scales and two clinician-rated scales. Correlations of scores tended to be high, with higher correlations for girls than for boys.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0706.
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Shain
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naylor
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alessi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D012737:Sex Factors