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The Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D [1]) is the scale most frequently used to measure the outcome of the acute treatment of depression. In this shortterm treatment period the scale is more sensitive to reflecting changes in the depressive states than self-rating scales [2]. In a series of clinical trials with the HAM-D and global ratings in the late 1950’s and the early 1960’s it was found [3–5] that electroconvulsive therapy ECT was superior to imipramine in severely depressed inpatients (more than major depression), but that imipramine was superior to phenelzine in moderately depressed inpatients (major depression).
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Bech, P. (1995). Introduction. In: The Bech, Hamilton and Zung Scales for Mood Disorders: Screening and Listening. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97633-9_1
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