The authors gave the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-
D) Scale, a self-report depression symptom scale, to 528 subjects drawn
from a larger longitudinal community survey. Interviewers also assessed
respondents using the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia
(SADS), a structured clinical interview; on the basis of the SADS the
subjects were then given diagnoses according to the Research Diagnostic
Criteria. The results corroborated earlier findings of a modest
relationship between self-reported symptoms of depression and the diagnosis
of depression. The authors conclude that the CES-D Scale may be useful as
an initial or first-stage screening test.
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