Background: Symptomatic remission is the optimal outcome in depression. A brief, validated
tool for symptom measurement that can indicate when remission has occurred in mental …

Background In 1991, the recommendations of a consensus conference were that a cutoff of
7 on the 17‐item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM‐D) be used to define remission …

Background In treatment studies of depression, remission is typically defined narrowly—
based on scores on symptom severity scales. Patients treated in clinical practice, however …

BACKGROUND: It is hypothesized that somatic symptom alleviation is a significant predictor
of overall outcome in depressed primary care patients. METHODS: Depressed primary care …

Objective: We recently derived a cutoff on a self-report scale corresponding to the most
commonly used definition of remission in depression treatment studies (ie, Hamilton Rating …

The 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D 17) has been used for 4
decades as the “gold standard” instrument to assess the severity of depression and …

Background: Although effective treatment of depressed patients requires regular follow-up
contacts and symptom monitoring, an efficient method for assessing treatment outcome is …

Remission and response were suggested as the most relevant outcome criteria for the
treatment of depression. There is still marked uncertainty as to what cut-offs should be used …

OBJECTIVE: Remission is usually defined as a score below a predetermined cutoff on a
symptom severity scale. Depressed patients' global perception of their remission status only …

In treatment studies of depression, remission is usually defined by scoring less than a
threshold value on an interview-based measure of depression severity such as the Hamilton …