Is the Hamilton Depression Scale Accurate

The accuracy of the Hamilton Depression Scale is still relatively high, because the Hamilton Depression Scale is an alternative rating scale, which means that two trained professional technicians need to conduct a joint examination of the Hamilton Depression Scale on the patient, usually by means of conversation and observation, and at the end of the examination, the scores are given by the two raters independently of each other. Take 17 items of this Hamilton depression scale, if the total score is less than 7 points is normal, the total score in the 7-17 points, may be depressed, the total score in the 17-24 points, then certainly have depression, the total score is greater than 24 points, often suggests that there is serious depression. Clinically, it is mostly used for the evaluation of depressive symptoms in depression, bipolar disorder, neurosis, and so on.