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Why is depression assessment relevant to mind-body science?
Jill M. Cyranowski, Ph.D.
Dimensional assessment of depressive symptoms in clinical and community settings
Mary Amanda Dew, Ph.D.
Diagnostic assessment of major depressive disorder
Joyce T. Bromberger, Ph.D.
Depression screening in medical and primary care settings
Bruce L. Rollman, M.D., M.P.H.
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Online Resources
The SCID Web Page  www.SCID4.org
Includes information for training in, customizing, ordering, and citing the
Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV-TR.
SCID FAQ and Users forum.

WMH-CIDI Resources and Publications www.hcp.med.harvard.edu/wmhcidi/resources.php
Recent publications and historical articles chronicling the creation of the World Mental
Health version of the World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic
Interview. 
Some articles have full text or abstract links.

The Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) Home Page http://epi.wustl.edu/dis/dishome.htm
Information on DIS training.
Ordering information and an online tour of the computerized DIS.
Links to the CDIS reference lists.

The SCAN Home Page www.who.int/evidence/assessment-instruments/scan
Downloadable version of the Schedules for Clinical Assessment in
Neuropsychiatry (for trainees: password needed). 
Links to general information, user guides, and electronic error report form.

National Comorbidity Study (NCS) http://www.hcp.med.harvard.edu/ncs/index.php
Comprehensive information for the National Comorbidity Study.
Links to information about the public release of the NCSR data sets and
workshops about using the data.

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Recommended Readings
Evans DL, Charney DS, Lewis L, Golden RN, Gorman JM, Krishnan KR, Nemeroff CB,
Bremner JD, Carney RM, Coyne JC, et al: Mood disorders in the medically ill: Scientific
review and recommendations. Biol Psychiatry 58: 175-189, 2005.
Freedland KE, Skala,JA, Carney RM, Raczynski JM, Taylor CB, Mendes de Leon CF,
Ironson G, Youngblood ME, Krishnan KR, Veith RC: The depression interview and structured
Hamilton (DISH): Rationale, development, characteristics, and clinical validity.
Psychosom Med 64: 897-905, 2002.
Kessler RC, Uston TB: The World Mental Health (WMH) survey initiative version of the
World Health Organization (WHO) composite interview diagnostic interview (CIDI).
International J Meth Psychiatr Res 13: 93-121, 2004.
Kroenke K, Spitzer R, Williams JBW: The PHQ-9: Validity of a brief depression
severity measure. J Gen Intern Med 16: 606-613, 2001.
Ventura J, Liberman RP, Green MF, Shaner A, Mintz J:  Training and quality assurance with
the structured clinical interview for DSM-IV (SCID-I/P). Psychiatry Res 79: 163-173, 1998.
Williams JB, Gibbon M, First MB, Spitzer RL, Davies M, Bonus J, Howes MJ, Kane J,
Hope HG Jr, Rounsaville B, et al. The structured clinical interview for DSM-III-R (SCID).
Arch Gen Psychiatry 49: 630-636, 1992. 
Williams JW, Noel PW, Cordes JA, Ramirez G, Pignone M: Is this patient
clinically depressed? JAMA 287: 1160-1170, 2002.

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