Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression
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Sep 8, 2026
Derick E. VergneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
EPA supplementation appears specially promising for patients with inflammation-associated depression, though it is prudent to monitor for adverse effects, particularly at higher doses.
Derick E. VergneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Depression outcomes in these studies were measured using validated scales such as the HDRS, MADRS, and VDI.
Derick E. VergneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The mechanisms by which EPA may benefit patients with DRD are multifaceted.
Derick E. VergneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
First, EPA exerts broad anti-inflammatory effects, which is particularly relevant given the central role of inflammation in the pathophysiology of DRD.
David BurnsHOST
Yeah, and I've developed, I began measuring because I had to do research toward the end of my psychiatric residency, and we had to get data to publish articles in scientific journals, which we did.
David BurnsHOST
But we had some tests like the Beck Depression Inventory and the Hamilton Depression Inventory that were better than nothing, but they weren't very good.
David BurnsHOST
But at least we were measuring things over time.
David BurnsHOST
But I've developed far superior instruments with short scales that are highly reliable, say, for depression, for anxiety, for anger, for suicidal urges, for anxiety.
speaker_1HOST
The trial would call it a success, yes.
Manaan KarrayHOST
But I'm looking at the HAM-D scale right now, and a 12 is still clinically depressed.
Manaan KarrayHOST
Exactly.
Manaan KarrayHOST
You're still suffering.
speaker_5HOST
We lean on highly structured psychometric scales.
speaker_5HOST
There are clinician-rated tools, like the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, where you observe and grade the patient's somatic and cognitive symptoms.
speaker_5HOST
Then there are self-rated scales, like the PHQ-9, where the patient quantifies their own severity.
speaker_4HOST
The sources specifically highlight the CDR-SR and the KA scales as well.
AlannaHOST
Mila?
MilaHOST
I'd sort of, because I'd never heard of the Menno D scale before, and it's sort of the name sounded like Ham D, but I just wondered whether sort of the use of the scale is almost to define a distinct entity of something that...
MilaHOST
My understanding is that the perimenopausal depression isn't in the DSM or ICD, but it's to sort of define a group of individuals experiencing these mood-related symptoms, perimenopause.
MilaHOST
I just wondered, yeah, whether that it's like the role of using a scale like that.
Craig HarperHOST
Yeah.
Matthew BernsteinGUEST
What's the reduction on the depression rating scale, the Ham D or the Madras or the PHQ-9, or what's the reduction on the anxiety rating scale or the reduction on the psychosis scale, the PANS or the BPRS.
Matthew BernsteinGUEST
That's generally how these medications get approved and generally how treatment outcomes are measured is through symptom reduction.
Matthew BernsteinGUEST
So it's no wonder that that's what gets prioritized.
Tracy HellumGUEST
Both of them are severity tools.
Tracy HellumGUEST
So the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, and then we used a similar one for anxiety and measured them throughout the whole study.
Tracy HellumGUEST
And both of them were shown to go down with OOLA.
Tracy HellumGUEST
practice, although it's important to bring up again that there wasn't a control group.