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Download or read book The Bech, Hamilton and Zung Scales for Mood Disorders: Screening and Listening written by Per Bech and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hamilton Depression (HAM-D) and Anxiety (HAM-A) scales are the most widely used instruments for measuring outcome in mood disorders. The Zung scales have also been widely used, especially in psychopharmacology; however, they have also been used to measure both negative and positive well-being in WHO studies in psychosomatic medicine. These scales were developed around three decades ago. In collaboration with Hamilton, the author has updated these scales to make them more applicable to the needs of health workers at all levels. The scoring sheets and the corresponding manuals of the scales are included along with the documentation of both internal (coherence) and external (discriminating and predictive) validity.