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Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory: Twenty-five years of evaluation

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A meta-analysis of the BDI's internal consistency estimates yielded a mean coefficient alpha of 0.86 for psychiatric patients and 0.81 for non-psychiatric subjects as mentioned in this paper.
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This article is published in Clinical Psychology Review.The article was published on 1988-01-01. It has received 11149 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Beck Depression Inventory.

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Anxiety sensitivity and its dimensions across the anxiety disorders.

TL;DR: Examination of relationship between AS dimensions, assessed by factor-analytically derived subscales of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index-Revised (ASI-R), and anxiety-related psychopathology in a sample of 232 treatment-seeking patients with anxiety disorders revealed a specific pattern of relationships.
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Examining congruence between partners' perceived infertility-related stress and its relationship to marital adjustment and depression in infertile couples

TL;DR: Investigation of the impact of congruence between partner's perceived infertility-related stress and its effects on depression and marital adjustment in infertile men and women provides initial support for the theory that high levels of agreement between partners related to the stresses they experience help them successfully manage the impact.

Clinical supervision: Its influence on client-rated working alliance and client symptom reduction in the brief treatment of major depression

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the impact of clinical supervision on client working alliance and symptom reduction in the brief treatment of major depression, and found that supervision had a significant effect on working alliance from the first session of therapy.
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Emotional processing during experiential treatment of depression.

TL;DR: Hierarchical regression models demonstrated that late emotional processing both mediated the relationship between clients' early emotional processing capacity and outcome and was the sole emotional-processing variable that independently predicted improvement.
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Development of a self-report screening instrument for assessing potential opioid medication misuse in chronic pain patients

TL;DR: This study constituted the first step in the psychometric development of a self-report screening instrument for risk of opioid medication misuse among chronic pain patients, and higher PMQ scores were associated with history of substance abuse, higher levels of psychosocial distress, and poorer functioning.
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An inventory for measuring depression

TL;DR: The difficulties inherent in obtaining consistent and adequate diagnoses for the purposes of research and therapy have been pointed out and a wide variety of psychiatric rating scales have been developed.
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A rating scale for depression

TL;DR: The present scale has been devised for use only on patients already diagnosed as suffering from affective disorder of depressive type, used for quantifying the results of an interview, and its value depends entirely on the skill of the interviewer in eliciting the necessary information.
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Cognitive Therapy of Depression

TL;DR: Hollon and Shaw as discussed by the authors discuss the role of emotions in Cognitive Therapy and discuss the integration of homework into Cognitive Therapy, and discuss problems related to Termination and Relapse.
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A self-rating depression scale.

TL;DR: The general depression scales used were felt to be insufficient for the purpose of this research project and the more specific scales were also inadequate.
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Depression: Causes and Treatment

TL;DR: The definition of Depression is explained and a treatment plan for treatment and analysis of the causes and treatments are outlined.