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Comparison of self-rated and clinician-rated measures of depression in adolescents

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.147.6.793

To determine whether patients' self-ratings of depression are comparable to clinicians' ratings, 45 depressed adolescents were administered two self-rated scales and two clinician-rated scales. Correlations of scores tended to be high, with higher correlations for girls than for boys.

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