Kindly share the knowledge on how to get permission to translate the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale into vernacular language or to get the contact details of the author of the HADS scale.
HADS- Hospital anxiety and depression scale: The following describes how to gain access. It is copyrighted and already translated into many languages. See REQUEST at bottom. Found at address: https://eprovide.mapi-trust.org/instruments/hospital-anxiety-and-depression-scale
REVIEW COPY Examination copies can only be used for the limited purpose of examining the suitability of the Questionnaire for subsequent research and/or clinical use, and cannot be used in research or in clinical practice or distributed to others. You are not authorized to modify, retype, translate, copy or otherwise duplicate the Questionnaire except with the further and prior written permission of Mapi Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors.For licensees based in the United Kingdom/Republic of Ireland/Channel Islands, please contact [email protected] licensees based in other countries, please contact the Mapi Research Trust at https://eprovide.mapi-trust.org.