- By: Aaron T. Beck, MD
- Measures depressive symptoms in adults.
- Test profile:
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- Age Range: 17-80 years.
- Items: 20.
- Type: Self report.
- Scales: Total depression score, based on ratings that measure the degree of depression. The questionnaire asks about the behavioral, cognitive and emotional symptoms the rater has recently experienced.
- Publisher's statement
- The Beck keeps getting better. You can assess depression with the Beck Depression Inventory®-II (BDI-II), which is in line with the depression criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV). This new edition of the Beck Depression Inventory®, the most widely used instrument for detecting depression, takes just five minutes to complete and is more clinically sensitive than ever. New Items Like its predecessor, the BDI-II consists of 21 items to assess the intensity of depression in clinical and normal patients. Each item is a list of four statements arranged in increasing severity about a particular symptom of depression.
- Notes
- Report includes two bar graphs showing total depression score , comparing it to a normal and an outpatient sample of depressed individuals. Interpretation of the total depression score is presented. Critical items are listed for review. Finally a section on validity summarizes missing data and lists responses on each of the BDI-II items.
* Depression in youth & children assessed with Beck Youth Inventory.