Psychiatry Research
Volume 135, Issue 3 , Pages 229-235 , 30 June 2005

Gradations of clinical severity and sensitivity to change assessed with the Beck Depression Inventory-II in Japanese patients with depression

  • Takahiro Hiroe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Cognitive-Behavioral Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, 467-8601, Japan
    • ,
  • Masayo Kojima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Cognitive-Behavioral Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, 467-8601, Japan
    • Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
    • ,
  • Ikuyo Yamamoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Cognitive-Behavioral Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, 467-8601, Japan
    • ,
  • Suguru Nojima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Cognitive-Behavioral Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, 467-8601, Japan
    • ,
  • Yoshihiro Kinoshita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Cognitive-Behavioral Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, 467-8601, Japan
    • ,
  • Nobuhiko Hashimoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Cognitive-Behavioral Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, 467-8601, Japan
    • ,
  • Norio Watanabe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Cognitive-Behavioral Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, 467-8601, Japan
    • ,
  • Takao Maeda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Cognitive-Behavioral Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, 467-8601, Japan
    • ,
  • Toshi A. Furukawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Cognitive-Behavioral Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, 467-8601, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 52 853 8271; fax: +81 52 852 0837.

Received 5 January 2004 ,Accepted 17 March 2004.

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PII: S0165-1781(05)00115-0

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.03.014

Psychiatry Research
Volume 135, Issue 3 , Pages 229-235 , 30 June 2005

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