HAM. D/
HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE (HAM-D)
(To be administered by a health care professional)
Patient Name ________________________________________________
Today’s Date __________________
The HAM-D is designed to rate the severity of depression in patients. Although it contains 21 areas, calculate the patient’s
score on the first 17 answers.
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- DEPRESSED MOOD
(Gloomy attitude, pessimism about the future,
feeling of sadness, tendency to weep)
0 = Absent
1 = Sadness, etc.
2 = Occasional weeping
3 = Frequent weeping
4 = Extreme symptoms
■ - FEELINGS OF GUILT
0 = Absent
1 = Self-reproach, feels he/she has let people
down
2 = Ideas of guilt
3 = Present illness is a punishment; delusions
of guilt
4 = Hallucinations of guilt
■ - SUICIDE
0 = Absent
1 = Feels life is not worth living
2 = Wishes he/she were dead
3 = Suicidal ideas or gestures
4 = Attempts at suicide
■ - INSOMNIA – Initial
(Difficulty in falling asleep)
0 = Absent
1 = Occasional
2 = Frequent
■ - INSOMNIA – Middle
(Complains of being restless and disturbed
during the night. Waking during the night.)
0 = Absent
1 = Occasional
2 = Frequent - INSOMNIA – Delayed
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(Waking in early hours of the morning and
unable to fall asleep again)
0 = Absent
1 = Occasional
2 = Frequent - WORK AND INTERESTS
0 = No difficulty
1 = Feelings of incapacity, listlessness, indeci
sion and vacillation
2 = Loss of interest in hobbies, decreased social
activities
3 = Productivity decreased
4 = Unable to work. Stopped working because
of present illness only. (Absence from work
after treatment or recovery may rate a lower
score). - RETARDATION
(Slowness of thought, speech, and activity;
apathy; stupor.)
0 = Absent
1 = Slight retardation at interview
2 = Obvious retardation at interview
3 = Interview difficult
4 = Complete stupor - AGITATION
(Restlessness associated with anxiety.)
0 = Absent
1 = Occasional
2 = Frequent
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■ - ANXIETY – PSYCHIC
0 = No difficulty
1 = Tension and irritability
2 = Worrying about minor matters
3 = Apprehensive attitude
4 = Fears
HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE (HAM-D)
(To be administered by a health care professional)
■ - ANXIETY – SOMATIC
Gastrointestinal, indigestion
Cardiovascular, palpitation, Headaches
Respiratory, Genito-urinary, etc.
0 = Absent
1 = Mild
2 = Moderate
3 = Severe
4 = Incapacitating
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■ - SOMATIC SYMPTOMS –
GASTROINTESTINAL
(Loss of appetite , heavy feeling in abdomen;
constipation)
0 = Absent
1 = Mild
2 = Severe - SOMATIC SYMPTOMS – GENERAL
(Heaviness in limbs, back or head; diffuse
backache; loss of energy and fatiguability)
0 = Absent
1 = Mild
2 = Severe - GENITAL SYMPTOMS
(Loss of libido, menstrual disturbances)
0 = Absent
1 = Mild
2 = Severe
■ - HYPOCHONDRIASIS
0 = Not present
1 = Self-absorption (bodily)
2 = Preoccupation with health
3 = Querulous attitude
4 = Hypochondriacal delusions
■ - WEIGHT LOSS
0 = No weight loss
1 = Slight
2 = Obvious or severe - INSIGHT
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(Insight must be interpreted in terms of pa
tient’s understanding and background.)
0 = No loss
1 = Partial or doubtfull loss
2 = Loss of insight
TOTAL ITEMS 1 TO 17: _______________
0 – 7 = Normal
8 – 13 = Mild Depression
14-18 = Moderate Depression
19 – 22 = Severe Depression
23 = Very Severe Depression
- DIURNAL VARIATION
(Symptoms worse in morning or evening.
Note which it is. )
0 = No variation
1 = Mild variation; AM ( ) PM ( )
2 = Severe variation; AM ( ) PM ( )- DEPERSONALIZATION AND
DEREALIZATION
(feelings of unreality, nihilistic ideas)
0 = Absent
1 = Mild
2 = Moderate
3 = Severe
4 = Incapacitating- PARANOID SYMPTOMS
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(Not with a depressive quality)
0 = None
1 = Suspicious
2 = Ideas of reference
3 = Delusions of reference and persecution
4 = Hallucinations, persecutory
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■- OBSESSIONAL SYMPTOMS
(Obsessive thoughts and compulsions against
which the patient struggles)
0 = Absent
1 = Mild
2 = Severe
- Adapted from Hamilton, M. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. 23:56-62, 1960.