HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE (HAM-D17)
Br. J. Soc. Clin. Psychol. 6 : 278-296 (1967)

For each item write in the box the number that best characterises the patient
during the past week

1 - DEPRESSED MOOD (Sadness, hopeless, helpless, worthless)
	0	Absent.
	1	These feeling states indicated only on questioning.
	2	These feeling states spontaneously reported verbally.
	3	Communicates feeling states non-verbally i.e., through facial expression, posture, voice, and tendency to weep
	4	Patient report VIRTUALLY ONLY these feeling states in his spontaneous verbal and non-verbal communication.
2 - FEELING OF GUILT
	0	Absent.
	1	Self reproach, feels he has let people down.
	2	Ideas of guilt or rumination over past errors or sinful deeds.
	3	Present illness is a punishmnent. Delusions of guilt.
	4	Hears accusatory or denunciatory voices and/or experiences threatening visual hallucinations.
3 - SUICIDE
	0	Absent.
	1	Feels life is not worth living.
	2	Wishes he were dead or any thoughts of possible death to self.
	3	Suicide ideas or gesture.
	4	Attempts at suicide (any serious attempt rates 4).
4 - INSOMNIA EARLY
	0	No difficulty falling asleep.
	1	Complains of occasional difficulty falling asleep - i.e., more than 1/2 hour.
	2	Complains of nightly difficulty falling asleep.
5 - INSOMNIA MIDDLE
	0	No difficulty
	1	Patient's complains of being restless and disturbed during the night.
	2	Waking during the night - any getting out of bed rates 2 (except for purposes of voiding).
6 - INSOMNIA LATE
	0	No difficulty.
	1	Waking in early hours of the morning but goes back to sleep.
	2	Unable to fall asleep again if he gets out of bed.

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