The six rads2 critical items are those that have been identified as being most predictive of a depressive disorder diagnosis. Assessment of its evaluative properties over the course of a 16week pediatric psychopharmacotherapy trial sarah j. Aug 09, 2007 beck depression inventory bdi is a 21 item, self rated inventory with each item rated with a set of four possible answer choices of increasing intensity. This report compares the diagnostic validity of the full 16item instrument, brief versions of it, and the beck depression inventory bdi against the criteria for major depressive episode mde from the mini. Two scales measure emotional problems and functional problems. The word depression is used to mean many different things. The 11item clinicianreport and 44item selfreport versions of the adrs were developed from a qualitative phase involving interviews of experts and adolescents. The beck depression inventory ii in adolescent mental health patients. Family psychosocial screen parental depression, substance abuse, domestic violence, parental history of abuse, social supports emotion screening nih toolbox requires ipad. The beck depression inventorysecond edition bdiii was developed as an indicator of the presence and severity of depression in psychiatric patients from age. Kutcher adolescent depression scale kads, designed specifically to diagnose and assess the severity of adolescent depression. Pdf the beck depression inventorysecond edition bdiii was developed as an indicator of the presence and severity of depression in. Guidelines for adolescent depression in primary care. Major depression affects 3 to 5 percent of children and adolescents.
The psychometric properties of beck depression inventory. I present state last 4 weeks s y to be completed by teen. This report compares the diagnostic validity of the full 16item instrument, brief versions of it, and the beck depression inventory bdi against the criteria for major depressive episode mde from the mini international. The beck scales for adults and children listed below are not available from beck institute, but may be ordered, along with scoring and normative data, from pearson assessment, inc. Pdf the childrens depression inventory cdi as measure. Becks depression inventory as a screening instrument for. This report compares the diagnostic validity of the full 16item instrument, brief versions of it, and the beck depression inventory bdi against the criteria for major depressive episode mde from. Its items are worded using standard and colloquial terminology, and responses are scored on a simple 4 choice scale.
The bdiii 5 is a 21item selfreport measure that taps major depression symptoms according to. Childhood and adolescent depression american family. Youth do not always readily report on emotional or behavioral manifestations of psychiatric disorders. Depression is oen called the common cold of mental health problems. Scores are plotted on a summaryprofile form, allowing comparison of elevations across subscales. Depressed mood gloomy attitude, pessimism about the future, feeling of sadness, tendency to weep 0 absent 1 sadness, etc. The scale emerged from a longer inventory of 37 items that had been described in the literature as. The beck depression inventory bdi is a self administered 21item self report scale, presented in multiple choice format, designed to detect presence of depression in adolescents and adults, and to measure characteristic attitudes and symptoms of depression independent of any particular theoretical bias. Most screening tools focus on severity of depressive symptoms, yielding a continuous score with cutoff values for differentiating youth at risk from.
Almost all of us experience at least a mild depression from 4me to 4me and an es4mated onethird of adults will experience a signi. The beck depression inventoryii in adolescent mental. Evidencebased psychotherapies for adolescent depression exist. Depression in adolescence journal of obstetric, gynecologic.
Its reliability and validity have been confirmed in various studies conducted on adults worldwide e. It has a wide array of symptoms affecting somatic, cognitive, affective, and social processes. The american medical associations guidelines for adolescent preventive services gaps and bright futures suggest that primary care providers in pediatric settings begin screening for depression at age 11 and continue to do so annually thereafter. Many people believe only adults can have depression, but children and teenagers can also be affected by depression. Beck anxiety inventory below is a list of common symptoms of anxiety. The beck depression inventoryii in adolescent mental health patients. Comparison of the kutcher adolescent depression scale with the beck depression inventory. The scoring scale is at the end of the questionnaire. Depression scales such as the beck depression inventory, childrens depression inventory or the reynolds adolescent depression inventory can be used to establish severity, baseline functioning, and to monitor the progress of treatment.
This study investigated the psychometric properties of a new clinicianrated scale. Depression selfassessment student and family assistance centers reynolds adolescent depression scale a27. These guidelines cannot replace good clinical judgment, and they should not be the sole source of guidance for adolescent depression management. It assesses depression severity in children and adolescents 7 to 17 years old. The 11item version of the kads presented here is optimized for monitoring outcomes in adolescents 1217 years who are receiving treatment for major depressive disorder.
Center for epidemiological studies depression scale for. Factor analysis and interitem and itemscale correlations of the. I get stomachaches almost never hardly ever sometimes most of the time a28. So far, the beck depression inventory ii bdiii has become one of the most widely used measures to assess depressive symptoms and their severity in adolescents and adults 4. Selfreport instruments commonly used to assess depression in adolescents have limited or unknown reliability and validity in this age group.
I feel like eating meals most of the time sometimes hardly ever almost never a30. Phq9 patient depression questionnaire for initial diagnosis. Cutoff scores for detecting depression and rating severity. Childhood and adolescent depression american family physician. Volume 200, issues 23, 30 december 2012, pages 843848. I feel bored almost never hardly ever sometimes most of the time a29. Over the last week, how have you been on average or.
Pdf the beck depression inventoryii in adolescent mental health. Administration and scoring are available 247 on pariconnect, our online assessment platform. Center for epidemiological studies depression scale for children cesdc the center for epidemiological studies depression scale for children cesdc is a 20item selfreport depression inventory with possible scores ranging from 0 to 60. Columbia depression scale ages 11 and over present state last 4 weeks to be completed by teen if the answer to the question is no, circle the 0. The kutcher generalized social anxiety disorder scale for adolescents. Background depression during adolescence is a serious mental health problem. About 11 percent of teens experience depression before age 18. When the test is scored, a value of 0 to 3 is assigned for each answer and then the total score is compared to a key to determine the depressions severity. The beck depression inventory bdi was published in 1996 and is a reliable selfreport inventory used to evaluate the symptoms of depression. This study examined if depressive symptoms were mediated by various cognitive emotion regulation strategies after stressful life events, more specifically, the loss of a loved one, health threats or. Beck depression inventory bdi the beck depression inventory bdi is a self administered 21item self report scale, presented in multiple choice format, designed to detect presence of depression in adolescents and adults, and to measure. The depression selfrating scale for children was developed in 1978 as part of a masters of philosophy thesis at the university of edinburgh. The use of the beck depression inventory with adolescents.
If your child has been diagnosed with depression or will be evaluated for depression, you may have heard of the childrens depression inventory cdi. Examples of widely used and wellvalidated screening checklists include the child depression inventory, as well as the reynolds adolescent depression scale. Difficulties in regulating evoked emotions after stressful life events are considered to lead to depression. Reynolds adolescent depression scale, 2nd edition rads2.
Cutoff scores for detecting depression and rating severity article pdf available in psychiatry research 20023 may. Major depressive disorder is a common problem for adolescents. Its cutoff scores were derived from an adult sample and differentiate four categories of severity but contain no screening cutoff score for classifying patients as depressed vs. Adolescent depression and negative life events, the mediating. Please answer the following questions as honestly as possible. One instrument that is widely acknowledged for measuring depression severity and that provides such cutoff scores is the revised beck depression inventory bdiii, beck et al. The mean bdiii total score of the girls was approximately 5 points. Pms colors pms 356 u pms 362 u pms orane 021 u rgb colors 0 102 0 51 153 0 255 102 0 adolescent depression what we know, what we look for, and what we do. These two instruments were then administered to 402 french speaking. Although it contains 21 areas, calculate the patients score on the first 17 answers. The cdi is a tool that mental health professionals use to measure the cognitive, affective, and behavioral signs of depression in children and adolescents between the ages of 7 and 17. Adolescent depression scale kads, designed specifically to diagnose and assess the severity of adolescent depression.
Indicate how much you have been bothered by that symptom during the past month, including today, by circling the number in the corresponding space in the column next to each symptom. Adolescents may describe feeling distracted, what we look f or pms colors pms 356 u pms 362 u pms orange 021 u rgb colors 0 102 0 51 153 0 255 102 0 6 being unable to focus, or feeling as though their minds wander. Assessment of its evaluative properties over the course of an 8week pediatric pharmacotherapy trial. Interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescents. The mean bdiii total score of the girls was approximately 5 points higher than that of the. Patient completes phq9 quick depression assessment. These items were put into positive and negative statements, the order was randomised and the final inventory was given to four groups of children aged between 7 and years. This study examined if depressive symptoms were mediated by various cognitive emotion regulation strategies after stressful life events, more specifically, the loss of a loved one, health threats or relational. Becks depression inventory was administered in a study of all students aged 1617 years in the first year of high school in a swedish town, and was completed by 93% of them n2270. The hamd is designed to rate the severity of depression in patients. Depression selfrating scale for children instructions. To provide information on the use of the beck depression inventoryii bdiii with adolescents, the bdiii was administered to 105 male and 105 female outpatients between 12 and 18 years old who were seeking psychiatric treatment. To examine the psychometric properties of the adolescent depression rating scale adrs, a new measure was specifically designed to evaluate adolescent depression.
You may administer one of the assessments and the journaling exercises to an individual or a group with whom you are working, or you may administer a number of the assessments over one or more days. Academic failure, poor peer relationships, behavioral problems, conflict with parents and other authority figures, and substance abuse are some of the consequences of major depressive disorder in this age group. When the test is scored, a value of 0 to 3 is assigned for each answer and then the total score is compared to a key to determine the depression s severity. Jan 01, 2007 major depression affects 3 to 5 percent of children and adolescents.
Depression negatively impacts growth and development, school performance, and peer or family relationships and may lead to suicide. Beck youth inventories of emotional and social impairment byi second edition for children and adolescents. Interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescents, second edition, 2004. Kutcher generalised social anxiety disorder scale for. So far, the beck depression inventoryii bdiii has become one of the most widely used measures to assess depressive symptoms and their severity in adolescents and adults 4. It is a short inventory that can easily be administered in 10 to 15 minutes.
Pdf the beck depression inventoryii in adolescent mental. Adult and adoelscent depression screening, diagnosis, and. The internal consistency of the bdiii was high coefficient. Total score depression severity 04 no or minimal depression 59 mild depression 1014 moderate depression 1519 moderately severe depression 2027 severe depression use with permission. Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology, 337349. The beck depression inventoryii in adolescent mental health. This study presents data on administration of the beck depression inventory bdi to an adolescent sample n 568. Screening adolescents for depression contemporary pediatrics. The center for epidemiological studies depression scale for children cesdc is a 20item selfreport depression inventory with possible scores ranging from 0 to 60.
The childrens depression inventory is a modification of the beck depression inventory for adults. Despite numerous theoretical and anecdotal reports of depression in adolescence, and the potential destructiveness of this disorder in this age group, little empirical work has been done. Validity and reliability of the beck depression inventory. Adolescent depression and negative life events, the. Jan 12, 2007 to examine the psychometric properties of the adolescent depression rating scale adrs, a new measure was specifically designed to evaluate adolescent depression. The psychometric properties of beck depression inventory for. Beck depression inventory bdi is a 21 item, self rated inventory with each item rated with a set of four possible answer choices of increasing intensity.
The childrens depression inventory cdi as measure of depression in swedish adolescents article pdf available in nordic journal of psychiatry 603. Teenagers ability to think is affected by depression as well. Use of the beck depression inventoryii with adolescent. Item kutcher adolescent depression scale kads wiley online. Cutoff scores for detecting depression and rating severity article pdf available in psychiatry research 20023. The teen stress workbook is designed to be used either independently or as part of an integrated curriculum. The adolescent center is a resource for adolescents who need more comprehensive integrated care because their depressive symptoms are accompanied by comorbid medical conditions or other increased. Pdf the childrens depression inventory cdi as measure of.