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Hamilton Anxiety (Rating) Scale (HAS)

Full name of scale

(HAS) Hamilton Anxiety (Rating) Scale (Riskind, Beck, Brown, & Steer, 1987)

Languages

English, French, Cantonese for China, Spanish

Rater

Clinician-rated

Utility

An interview scale that measures the severity of a patient's anxiety. Can be used to document the results of pharmaco- or psychotherapy, rather than as a diagnostic or screening tool.

Time to complete

10-20 mins (to complete and score)

Cost/license

Open access

Riskind, J. H., Beck, A. T., Brown, G., & Steer, R. A. (1987). Taking the measure of anxiety and depression. Validity of the reconstructed Hamilton scales. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 175(8), 474–479.

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