The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) is a widely used assessment tool that helps mental health professionals determine the severity of a person’s depression. The HAM-D assesses various ...

Zimmerman and colleagues examined how many depressed patients who scored in the remission range on the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) did not consider themselves to be in remission ...

A large meta-analysis suggests fecal microbiota transplantation may help reduce depressive symptoms, especially in patients ...

The geriatric depression scale is a self-reported screening survey to help detect depression in older adults. There’s a short version with 15 questions and a long version with 30. The geriatric ...

Psilocybin-assisted therapy demonstrated long-term safety and efficacy for major depressive disorder, with two-thirds of patients remaining in complete remission at 5 years, according to a study ...

Changes in heart rate variability during the first 4.5 minutes was predictive of improvement in MADRS scores at 1 week ...