Hamilton 1960 17-variable depression rating (not the later 21-item form)

Hamilton 1960 17-variable depression rating (not the later 21-item form). Eight caller-assigned 0-4 items and nine 0-2 items (agitation is three-point in that paper). Sum 0-50. magent does not interview. Hamilton 1960 printed no total-score severity bands; later 0-7/8-16/17-23/>=24 cutoffs are not applied. Not a diagnosis and not a medical device.

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Endpoint

POST https://api.magentlab.com/api/calc/hamilton_depression

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Example input (from the provider)

{
  "body": {
    "items": [
      {
        "agitation": 0,
        "anxiety_psychic": 0,
        "anxiety_somatic": 0,
        "depressed_mood": 0,
        "genital_symptoms": 0,
        "guilt": 0,
        "hypochondriasis": 0,
        "insight": 0,
        "insomnia_delayed": 0,
        "insomnia_initial": 0,
        "insomnia_middle": 0,
        "loss_of_weight": 0,
        "retardation": 0,
        "somatic_gastrointestinal": 0,
        "somatic_general": 0,
        "suicide": 0,
        "work_and_interests": 0
      },
      {
        "agitation": 0,
        "anxiety_psychic": 0,
        "anxiety_somatic": 0,
        "depressed_mood": 0,
        "genital_symptoms": 0,
        "guilt": 0,
        "hypochondriasis": 0,
        "insight": 0,
        "insomnia_delayed": 0,
        "insomnia_initial": 0,
        "insomnia_middle": 0,
        "loss_of_weight": 0,
        "retardation": 0,
        "somatic_gastrointestinal": 0,
        "somatic_general": 0,
        "suicide": 0,
        "work_and_interests": 0
      }
    ]
  },
  "method": "POST",
  "type": "http"
}

Promised output schema (from the provider)

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {
    "input": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "body": {
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "properties": {
            "items": {
              "items": {
                "properties": {
                  "agitation": {
                    "description": "Caller-assigned Hamilton 1960 agitation (integer 0-2 three-point; a five-point scale was impracticable in that paper): restlessness associated with anxiety. magent does not interview the patient.",
                    "type": "integer"
                  },
                  "anxiety_psychic": {
                    "description": "Caller-assigned Hamilton 1960 anxiety, psychic (integer 0-4): tension and irritability, worrying about minor matters, apprehensive attitude, fears. magent does not interview the patient.",
                    "type": "integer"
                  },
                  "anxiety_somatic": {
                    "description": "Caller-assigned Hamilton 1960 anxiety, somatic (integer 0-4): gastrointestinal (wind, indigestion), cardiovascular (palpitations, headaches), respiratory, genito-urinary, and other somatic anxiety. magent does not interview the patient.",
                    "type": "integer"
                  },
                  "depressed_mood": {
                    "description": "Caller-assigned Hamilton 1960 depressed mood (integer 0-4: 0 absent, 1 mild or trivial, 2 moderate, 3 severe, 4 extreme): gloomy attitude, pessimism about the future, feeling of sadness, tendency to weep. magent does not interview the patient.",
                    "type": "integer"
                  },
                  "genital_symptoms": {
                    "description": "Caller-assigned Hamilton 1960 genital symptoms (integer 0-2): loss of libido, menstrual disturbances. magent does not interview the patient.",
                    "type": "integer"
                  },
                  "guilt": {
                    "description": "Caller-assigned Hamilton 1960 guilt (integer 0-4): self-reproach, ideas of guilt, present illness as punishment, delusions or hallucinations of guilt. magent does not interview the patient.",
                    "type": "integer"
                  },
                  "hypochondriasis": {
                    "description": "Caller-assigned Hamilton 1960 hypochondriasis (integer 0-4): self-absorption (bodily), preoccupation with health, querulous attitude, hypochondriacal delusions. magent does not interview the patient.",
                    "type": "integer"
                  },
                  "insight": {
                    "description": "Caller-assigned Hamilton 1960 insight (integer 0-2: 0 no loss, 1 partial or doubtful loss, 2 loss of insight), interpreted in terms of the patient's understanding and background. magent does not interview the patient.",
                    "type": "integer"
                  },
                  "insomnia_delayed": {
                    "description": "Caller-assigned Hamilton 1960 insomnia, delayed (integer 0-2): waking in the early hours of the morning and unable to fall asleep again. magent does not interview the patient.",
                    "type": "integer"
                  },
                  "insomnia_initial": {
                    "description": "Caller-assigned Hamilton 1960 insomnia, initial (integer 0-2: 0 absent, 1 slight or doubtful, 2 clearly present): difficulty in falling asleep. magent does not interview the patient.",
                    "type": "integer"
                  },
                  "insomnia_middle": {
                    "description": "Caller-assigned Hamilton 1960 insomnia, middle (integer 0-2): restless and disturbed during the night, waking during the night. magent does not interview the patient.",
                    "type": "integer"
                  },
                  "loss_of_weight": {
                    "description": "Caller-assigned Hamilton 1960 loss of weight (integer 0-2 three-point scale as published, because few patients know their normal weight). magent does not weigh the patient.",
                    "type": "integer"
                  },
                  "retardation": {
                    "description": "Caller-assigned Hamilton 1960 retardation (integer 0-4): slowness of thought, speech, and activity, apathy, stupor (1 slight at interview, 2 obvious, 3 interview difficult, 4 complete stupor). magent does not interview the patient.",
                    "type": "integer"
                  },
                  "somatic_gastrointestinal": {
                    "description": "Caller-assigned Hamilton 1960 somatic symptoms, gastrointestinal (integer 0-2): loss of appetite, heavy feelings in abdomen, constipation. magent does not interview the patient.",
                    "type": "integer"
                  },
                  "somatic_general": {
                    "description": "Caller-assigned Hamilton 1960 somatic symptoms, general (integer 0-2): heaviness in limbs, back, or head; diffuse backache; loss of energy and fatiguability. magent does not interview the patient.",
                    "type": "integer"
                  },
                  "suicide": {
                    "description": "Caller-assigned Hamilton 1960 suicide (integer 0-4): feels life is not worth living, wishes to be dead, suicidal ideas; an attempt at suicide scores 4 (3 if sudden against little suicidal tendency). magent does not interview the patient.",
                    "type": "integer"
                  },
                  "work_and_interests": {
                    "description": "Caller-assigned Hamilton 1960 work and interests (integer 0-4): feelings of incapacity, listlessness, loss of interest in hobbies, decreased social activities or productivity; given up work solely because of present illness is 4. magent does not interview the patient.",
                    "typ

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