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Beck Depression Inventory

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Beck Depression Inventory (bk)
A trademark for a standardized questionnaire used to diagnose depression.

Beck Depression Inventory
Beck Hopelessness Scale Psychiatry A questionnaire that assesses the severity of depression by evaluating self-dissatisfaction, indecisiveness, work difficulty, fatigability, suicidal ideation. See Depression, Personal Attributes Questionnaire. Cf Beck Depression Inventory.


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The group recommends that professionals who routinely care for people with MS should institute regular screening to identify depression, using tests such as the Beck Depression Inventory.
Because they found that adolescents who scored high on the Beck Depression Inventory also scored high on these three items, they concluded that these three items are sensitive to the detection of abnormal levels of depression.
On psychological screening, the patient scored 1 on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), (15) which is within the normal range.
 
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