Background: Rutz has postulated a "male depressive syndrome" measured by the Gotland Scale of Male Depression (GSMD). The aim of the study was to assess the psychometric properties of the GSMD in a sample of male and female psychiatric inpatients. Methods: The sample was composed of 326 Italian inpatients who completed the GSMD and the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS). Results: Our results indicated that all the items of the GSMD, except item #13, were highly interrelated, and that the first 12 items of the GSMD may be considered a homogeneous measure of depression. Furthermore, GSMD scores did not differ by sex. The GSMD had good convergent validity with the BHS and was useful in categorizing individuals admitted for a suicide attempt committed in the last 48 h vs. those who had not. Limitations: The study was retrospective in nature and did not assess the ability of the GSMD for predicting future suicidal behavior. Conclusions: The GSMD may be considered to be a valid instrument for measuring non-typical ("suicidality-related") symptoms of depression in both male and female patients. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Psychometric properties of the Gotland Scale for Depression in Italian psychiatric inpatients and its utility in the prediction of suicide risk / Marco, Innamorati; Pompili, Maurizio; Xenia, Gonda; Mario, Amore; Serafini, Gianluca; Cinzia, Niolu; David, Lester; Wolfgang, Rutz; Zoltan, Rihmer; Girardi, Paolo. - In: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. - ISSN 0165-0327. - STAMPA. - 132:1-2(2011), pp. 99-103. [10.1016/j.jad.2011.02.003]

Psychometric properties of the Gotland Scale for Depression in Italian psychiatric inpatients and its utility in the prediction of suicide risk.

POMPILI, Maurizio;SERAFINI, Gianluca;GIRARDI, Paolo
2011

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Background: Rutz has postulated a "male depressive syndrome" measured by the Gotland Scale of Male Depression (GSMD). The aim of the study was to assess the psychometric properties of the GSMD in a sample of male and female psychiatric inpatients. Methods: The sample was composed of 326 Italian inpatients who completed the GSMD and the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS). Results: Our results indicated that all the items of the GSMD, except item #13, were highly interrelated, and that the first 12 items of the GSMD may be considered a homogeneous measure of depression. Furthermore, GSMD scores did not differ by sex. The GSMD had good convergent validity with the BHS and was useful in categorizing individuals admitted for a suicide attempt committed in the last 48 h vs. those who had not. Limitations: The study was retrospective in nature and did not assess the ability of the GSMD for predicting future suicidal behavior. Conclusions: The GSMD may be considered to be a valid instrument for measuring non-typical ("suicidality-related") symptoms of depression in both male and female patients. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
2011
male depression; validity; suicide risk; hopelessness; gender
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Psychometric properties of the Gotland Scale for Depression in Italian psychiatric inpatients and its utility in the prediction of suicide risk / Marco, Innamorati; Pompili, Maurizio; Xenia, Gonda; Mario, Amore; Serafini, Gianluca; Cinzia, Niolu; David, Lester; Wolfgang, Rutz; Zoltan, Rihmer; Girardi, Paolo. - In: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. - ISSN 0165-0327. - STAMPA. - 132:1-2(2011), pp. 99-103. [10.1016/j.jad.2011.02.003]
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