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.. _hama:

Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety (HAM-A)
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History and guide
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

See Hamilton (1959), http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/13638508, and NINDS CDE
on HAM-A,
http://www.commondataelements.ninds.nih.gov/CRFs/Hamilton%20Anxiety%20Rating%20Scale%20(HAM-A).pdf.

Source
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See http://www.cnsforum.com/streamfile.aspx?filename=HAM_A.pdf&path=pdf and serene.me.uk/tests/ham-a.pdf.

Also http://www.outcometracker.org/scales_library.php.

Intellectual property rights
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Public domain.

“The HAM-A is in the public domain.” (NINDS CDE on HAM-A, accessed 2012-09-04.)