Evaluating depressive symptoms in schizophrenia: a psychometric comparison of the Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia and the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale.

  • Rebecca Schennach
  • Michael Obermeier
  • Florian Seemüller
  • Markus Jäger
  • Max Schmauss
  • Gerd Laux
  • Herbert Pfeiffer
  • Dieter Naber
  • Lutz G Schmidt
  • Wolfgang Gaebel
  • Joachim Klosterkötter
  • Isabella Heuser
  • Wolfgang Maier
  • Matthias R Lemke
  • Eckart Rüther
  • Stefan Klingberg
  • Markus Gastpar
  • Michael Riedel
  • Hans-Jürgen Möller

Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare two measures of depression in patients with schizophrenia and schizophrenia spectrum disorder, including patients with delusional and schizoaffective disorder, to conclude implications for their application.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number5
ISSN0254-4962
Publication statusPublished - 2012
pubmed 22796716