MADRS-S v.1
The purpose of this form is to give a detailed picture of your current state of mind. You should try to rate how you felt during the past three days. The form contains a variety of statements about how you can feel in different respects. The statements expressing varying degrees of discomfort, from the absence of discomfort to a maximum expressed discomfort. Choose the answer that you think best describes how you felt during the past three days. Do not think too long, try to work quickly.
Calculation of the MADRS-S score.
Let the patient answer the questions.
Although a strongly positive result for increased risk should not be ignored, the scoring tool should not be used alone as an assessment of risk but shoud indicate that expeditious further investigation is required.
Svanborg P, Asberg M: A comparison between the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the self-rated version of the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS). J Affect Dis 2001, 64(2-3):203-16. Svanborg, P. & Åsberg, M. (1994). A new self-rating scale for depression and anxiety states based om the comprehensive psyckopathological rating scale. ACTA Psychiatrica Scandinavia, 89(1), 21–28 Snaith, R.P., Harrop, F.M., Newby, D.A. (1986). Grade scores of the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression and Clinical Anxiety Scales. British Journal of Psychiatry, 148, 599-601.
OBSERVATION.madrs_s.v1, EVALUATION.madrs_s_depression_assessment.v1
