Essays Tagged: "Beck Depression Inventory"

Depression and Relationship Study

en and relationships carry more significance with women than men. The women were screened using the Beck Depression Inventory, a popular method of testing consisting of 21 multiple choice questions to ...

(5 pages) 246 0 4.1 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Depression

questionnaires have been developed to help with general screening for depression. These include the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS),and the Hamilton Depres ...

(4 pages) 336 0 3.8 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Depression, Stress & Suicide

QUESTION:Is nicotine replacement therapy effective in helping people quit tobacco smoking?

ion (DSM-IV), concerning mood disorders was used to assess whether subjects had mood disorders. The Beck Depression Inventory(3) assesses the severity of depression. This was astutely combined with me ... e difficulty of quitting. Secondary outcome measures included withdrawal symptoms, body weight, and Beck Depression Inventory scores.Guidelines for classification of having quit smoking were required ...

(6 pages) 109 2 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biochemistry

Seafood and Depression.

level of depression they experience.Researchers have two different inventories for depression. The Beck Depression Inventory is a leading depression inventory, and the new inventory is the Wilsonson' ... others. In this particular study, a group of teenage couples in the Central United States was given Beck's Depression Inventory in 1985, 1992, and again in 2004. After the test, all the couples moved ...

(6 pages) 34 0 0.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Depression, Stress & Suicide

The correlation between physical appearance and shyness

, shyness, and depression used by Alfano et al. (1994). Only one of the measures of depression--the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI; Beck, Rush, Shaw, & Emery, 1979)--was included in all but one of ... (EASQ; Metalsky, Halberstadt, & Abramson, 1987); and depression was assessed by two scales--the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI; Beck et al., 1979) and the Depressive Symptom Index (DSI; Metalsky, ...

(14 pages) 82 0 3.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Clinical Psychology

sts, for example the Present State Examination (Wing et al. 1974) in suspected schizophrenia or the Beck Depression Inventory (Beck et al 1961). Therefore, one of the roles of a clinical psychologist ...

(7 pages) 189 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Clinical Psychology

sts, for example the Present State Examination (Wing et al. 1974) in suspected schizophrenia or the Beck Depression Inventory (Beck et al 1961). Therefore, one of the roles of a clinical psychologist ...

(7 pages) 64 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Psychological tests and measurements: Beck Depression Inventory

AbstractThis paper will analyze the facets of psychological tests and measurements by analyzing the Beck Depression Inventory. This analysis will examine two articles relating to the Beck Depression I ... ng to the Beck Depression Inventory and will determine the uses, users, and settings of the measure.Beck Depression InventoryPsychological testing and measure has developed and progressed and is used ...

(6 pages) 100 0 5.0 Nov/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Psychological Measure Paper

ue, and loss of appetite are a few of the symptoms one may feel when suffering from depression. The Beck Depression Inventory was created to assist trained professionals in a mental health care settin ... care setting to assess, detect, and monitor changes in depressive symptoms. This paper outlines the Beck Depression Inventory and how professionals in the mental health profession use the test to assi ...

(6 pages) 90 0 0.0 Mar/2010

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders

Beck Depression Inventory

Running Head: BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORYBeck Depression InventoryBeck Depression InventoryIntroductionThe B ... ns but had been relied on to define depression (Mash J& Barkley A, 2007).DiscussionArticle 1The Becks Depression Inventory was designed to be used by mental health or medical professionals. The Be ... I because the test was designed by clinicians, using depressive symptoms from patients.Article 2The Beck Depression Inventory was designed by a well-known cognitive therapist named Aaron T. Beck. This ...

(5 pages) 38 0 4.5 Jul/2010

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Assessment and Evaluation

symptomsDepression and depressive symptoms were assessed by the shortened, nine-item version of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). This inventory has been found to be a reliable measure of depressiv ... unctional attitudes are assessed with Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale (DAS) developed by Weissman and Beck (Weismann & Beck, 1979) and used in many studies in relationship with assessment of depress ...

(4 pages) 17 0 0.0 Dec/2010

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

The Effects of Violence and Abuse on Female Prostitutes

onflict Tactics Scale (CTS), a modified version of the PTSD Symptom Scale Self-Report (PSS-SR), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and questions about HIV risk behaviors. Results showed that many of ...

(18 pages) 1 0 0.0 Oct/2013

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology