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	Escala de Depresión de Hamilton (HAM-D)	Inventario de Depresión de Beck-II (BDI-II)
Campo	Psicología clínica	Psicología clínica
Familia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Año de origen	1960	1996
Autor original	Max Hamilton	Aaron T. Beck
Tipo	Clinician-rated interview scale	Self-report questionnaire
Fuente seminal	Hamilton, M. (1960). A rating scale for depression. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 23(1), 56–62.	Beck, A. T., Steer, R. A., & Brown, G. K. (1996). Beck Depression Inventory (2nd ed.). San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation. ISBN: 9780151840045
Alias	HAM-D, HDRS, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression	BDI-II, Beck Depression Inventory Second Edition
Relacionados	5	4
Resumen	The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, published by Max Hamilton in 1960, is a clinician-administered interview assessment of depressive symptom severity. The most common version contains 17 items (HAM-D-17), though 21-item and 24-item versions exist. It is considered the gold standard outcome measure in antidepressant drug trials and remains the most cited depression rating scale in the psychiatric literature. Unlike self-report measures, HAM-D requires clinician judgment and observation, making it particularly valuable in research settings where standardized measurement by trained raters is essential.	The Beck Depression Inventory-II is a 21-item self-report instrument designed to assess the presence and severity of depressive symptoms in adolescents and adults. Originally published by Aaron T. Beck in 1961 and revised significantly in 1996, the BDI-II is one of the most widely used depression assessment tools in clinical psychology and psychiatry. It is copyrighted and distributed by Pearson Assessments, and measures both cognitive and somatic symptoms of depression across a two-week timeframe.