A Cross-Cultural Survey of Symptoms in Depression

WILLIAM W. K. ZUNGAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 126, Number 1

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.1.116

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Using his Self-Rating Depression Scale in six foreign countries, the author found that self-ratings of depressed patients were comparable between countries and differed significantly from scores of normal subjects and nondepressed patients. There was high correlation between the self-ratings and physicians' global ratings of depressed patients, and between scores on this test and other specific depression rating scales.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 126 • Number 1 • July 1969

Pages: 116 - 121

PubMed: 5798374

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Published in print: July 1969

Published online: 1 April 2006

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WILLIAM W. K. ZUNG

Assistant professor of psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center and Veterans Administration Hospital, Fulton St. and Erwin Rd., Durham, N. C. 27705

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A Cross-Cultural Survey of Symptoms in Depression

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