Convergence of Children's Depression Rating Scale-revised Scores and Clinical Diagnosis in Rating Adolescent Depressive Symptomatology

The Children's Depression Rating Scale-Revised (CDRS-R) is a widely used instrument for research on depression in minors. A raw score of ≥40 has often been used as indicator of depressive symptomatology. As a validated German version of the CDRS-R has recently became available, we assessed CDRS-R raw summary scores of a video taped interview session in two different rater groups and compared them with clinical ratings of International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) depression diagnosis as observed by a third independent group. We found that for the German version a raw score between 35 and 40 is indicative for mild depressive symptomatology as described by the ICD-10. CDRS-R scores show potential clinical applicability to deduct levels of depression.

Keywords: CDRS-R; adolescents; children; depression.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: Plener PL, Grieb J, Spröber N, Straub J, Schneider A, Keller F have no conflicts to disclose; Michael G. Kölch was an investigator in clinical trials of Eli Lilly, Astra Zeneca and J&J. He received research grants from: EliLilly International Foundation, German Ministry for Research.

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