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Abstract
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1. The parallel forms BfS and BfS' of the Zerssen , a self-rating mood scale have been applied to 37 depressed French-speaking Canadian subjects along with the CGIs, the 21-item HAMD Scale, a Visual Analogue Scale, the ASQ and the SDS during an Amitriptyline/ Trazodone double-blind trial to 18 normal volunteers.
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2. The results confirm the statistical parallelism of BfS and BfS' (r=.97, p>.001), the validity of both forms as a measure of ill-being vs. depression, and their sensitivity to change. An advantage of the BfS/BfS' scale is the possibility of frequent administration (parallel forms) and the possibility of rating manic swings during treatment.
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3. The similarity of German, Belgian and Canadian data indicates the transcultural validity of the BfS/BfS'.