%0 Journal Article
%T Diagn¨®stico cl¨ªnico y psicom¨¦trico de la depresi¨®n en pacientes de medicina general Clinical and psychometric diagnosis of depression in general medical patients
%A A¨ªda Ruiz T
%A Hern¨¢n Silva I
%A Eduardo Miranda C
%J Revista m¨¦dica de Chile
%D 2001
%I Sociedad M¨¦dica de Santiago
%X Background: The Hamilton scale, applied by an external evaluator and the self rating Beck inventory for depression, can give discrepant results in psychiatric patients with depression. Aim: To compare depression scores obtained with the Hamilton scale and the Beck inventory in general medical patients. Patients and methods: Patients attending an outpatient clinic of a University Hospital were studied. Clinical psychiatric diagnoses were based on DSM-III. Hamilton scale was applied to 100 patients and 80 answered the Beck depression inventory. Results: Patients with major depression obtained the higher scores with both scales. However, Beck inventory had false positive and false negative results. Moreover, some patients overstated their depressive symptoms. Conclusions: self assessment of depression can be distorted by anxiety and somatic symptoms. (Rev M¨¦d Chile 2001; 129: 627-33)
%K Depression
%K Depressive disorder
%K Psychiatry
%K Psychotic disorders
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