Assessing atypical seasonal affective disorder complaints by means of self-rating.
The atypical complaints of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) are usually assessed clinically by means of 7 questions added to the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSDadd). In this study, these complaints were assessed by means of relevant and modified items of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDIadd), a self-rating instrument. A highly significant correlation between the two assessment procedures was found. This suggests that the BDIadd is a very useful alternative to the HRSDadd.
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Department of Biological Psychiatry, Academic Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands.
Jansen
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016574:Seasonal Affective Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology