The development of a 10-item self-report scale (EPDS) to screen for Postnatal Depression in the community is described. After extensive pilot interviews a validation study was carried out on 84 mothers using the Research Diagnostic Criteria for depressive illness obtained from Goldberg's Standardised Psychiatric Interview. The EPDS was found to have satisfactory sensitivity and specificity,…
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The British Journal of Psychiatry is a peer-reviewed journal published by Cambridge University Press, covering Mental Health and Psychiatry, Schizophrenia research and treatment, Psychiatric care and mental health services.
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
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| Reference style | Numbered Numbered — [1], [2] in the text [1] A. Smith, B. Jones, and C. Lee, A representative article title, The British Journal of Psychiatry 12 (2023) 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Mental Health and Psychiatry Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatric care and mental health services Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Mental Health Treatment and Access |
| ISSN | 0007-1250 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 2.43 |
| h-index | 377 |
| i10-index | 11,107 |
| Total citations | 1,112,302 |
| Top institutions publishing here | University College London |
| Journal website | bjp.rcpsych.org |
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The construction of a depression rating scale designed to be particularly sensitive to treatment effects is described. Ratings of 54 English and 52 Swedish patients on a 65 item comprehensive psychopathology scale were used to identify the 17 most commonly occurring symptoms in primary depressive illness in the combined sample. Ratings on these 17 items…
An eleven item clinician-administered Mania Rating Scale (MRS) is introduced, and its reliability, validity and sensitivity are examined. There was a high correlation between the scores of two independent clinicians on both the total score (0.93) and the individual item scores (0.66 to 0.92). The MRS score correlated highly with an independent global rating, and…
Accurate clinical staging of dementia in older subjects has not previously been achieved despite the use of such methods as psychometric testing, behavioural rating, and various combinations of simpler psychometric and behavioural evaluations. The Clinical Dementia Rating (CRD), a global rating device, was developed for a prospective study of mild senile dementia--Alzheimer type (SDAT). Reliability,…
This book first appeared in 1970 and has gone into two further editions, one in 1975 and this one in 1985. Yalom is also the author of Existential Psychotherapy (1980), In-patient Group Psychotherapy (1983), the co-author with Lieberman of Encounter Groups: First Facts (1973) and with Elkin of Every Day Gets a Little Closer: A…