title: Convergence of Children's Depression Rating Scale-revised Scores and Clinical Diagnosis in Rating Adolescent Depressive Symptomatology.
abstract: The Children's Depression Rating Scale-Revised (CDRS-R) is a widely used instrument for research on depression in minors. A raw score of ≥40 has often been used as indicator of depressive symptomatology. As a validated German version of the CDRS-R has recently became available, we assessed CDRS-R raw summary scores of a video taped interview session in two different rater groups and compared them with clinical ratings of International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) depression diagnosis as observed by a third independent group. We found that for the German version a raw score between 35 and 40 is indicative for mild depressive symptomatology as described by the ICD-10. CDRS-R scores show potential clinical applicability to deduct levels of depression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Ulm , Germany.
authors.forename: Paul L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Plener
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Ulm , Germany.
authors.forename: Jasmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grieb
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Ulm , Germany.
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Spröber
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Ulm , Germany.
authors.forename: Joana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Straub
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Ulm , Germany.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Ulm , Germany.
authors.forename: Ferdinand
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Ulm , Germany.
authors.forename: Michael G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Kölch
keywords: CDRS-R; adolescents; children; depression