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Full name of scale

Montgomery–Asberg Depression Rating Scale

Languages

Has been translated into 41languages.

Translations validated: French, German, Japanese, Thai, and Spanish.

French version reference

Bondolfi, G., Jermann, F., Rouget, B. W., Gex-Fabry, M., McQuillan, A., Dupont-Willemin, A., ... & Nguyen, C. (2010). Self-and clinician-rated Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale: evaluation in clinical practice. Journal of affective disorders, 121(3), 268-272.

Rater

Clinician-rated

Training

No training is required

Utility

It is a 10-items scale used to measure the severity of depressive episodes in patients with mood disorders.

Versions

• A self-rating version (MADRS-S); it correlated well with experts ratings. It has 9-items which are based on feelings over the past 3 days.

Time to complete

Interviews take between 20 to 60 minutes to complete

Cost/license

Original version available here:

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Other information

• It is designed to be sensitive to change resulting from antidepressant therapy.
• The MADRS is intended for use with patients with a diagnosis of a depressive illness only.
• Should be used with caution in patients with cognitive impairment as results can be skewed towards higher depression scores, however the MADRS can be used with individuals with aphasia.
• Its use has not yet been examined in a stroke population