title: [Validation of a depression threshold: the Hamilton scale].
abstract: We propose a method to suggest cut-off scores for the Hamilton Depression Scale. Two ones are found for the 24 items scale, i.e. 23 and 32; one cut-off score for the 21 items scale, i.e. 20. We show that the second cut-off score is related to the last three items of the 24 items scale. The results are stable, independent of the statistical procedure and reliable within a belgian sample and a canadian one.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001530:Belgium; D002170:Canada; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
vernacular_title: Validation d'un seuil de la dépression: l'échelle d'hamilton.