Objective: To review the psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II)
as a self-report measure of depression in a variety of settings and populations. Methods …

To perform a systematic review of the utility of the Beck Depression Inventory for detecting
depression in medical settings, this article focuses on the revised version of the scale (Beck …

Everyone can recite methodological “urban legends” that were taught in graduate school,
learned over the years through experience publishing, or perhaps just heard through the …

Page 1 Measuring HEALTH third edition A review of quality of life measurement scales Ann
Bowling Page 2 MEASURING HEALTH Third Edition Page 3 Page 4 MEASURING HEALTH …

The authors describe a new self-report instrument, the Inventory of Depression and Anxiety
Symptoms (IDAS), which was designed to assess specific symptom dimensions of major …

OBJECTIVE: The Patient Health Questionnaire depression scale (PHQ‐9) is a well‐
validated, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders—Fourth Edition (DSM‐IV) …

Depression in later life is a significant and growing problem. Age-related differences in the
type and severity of depressive disorders continue to be questioned and necessarily …

Introduction: People living with chronic diseases are at an increased risk of anxiety and
depression, which are associated with poorer medical and psychosocial outcomes. Many …

Abstract The Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II; AT Beck, RA Steer, & GK Brown, 1996) is
a widely used measure of depressive symptomatology originally authored in English and …

BACKGROUND: The number of Spanish-speaking individuals and immigrants in the United
States has risen dramatically and is projected to continue to rise. The availability of …