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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.About:
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.read more
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Psychometric evaluation of the Beck Anxiety Inventory with older medical patients.
TL;DR: The BAI demonstrated high intemal consistency and no significant differences by sex or race, suggesting that it is appropriate to use with diverse populations, and could serve as a valuable screening test for anxiety symptoms among primary care patients who are older and have low income.
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Daily hassles and depressive symptoms among first year psychology students in France: the role of coping and social support
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors found that 41 percent of first year psychology students suffered from depressive symptoms and daily hassles encountered during the first year of university could be considered a relevant risk factor for depression.
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Overvaluation of shape and weight in binge eating disorder
TL;DR: It is suggested that overvaluation does not simply reflect concern commensurate with being overweight but is strongly associated with eating-related psychopathology and psychological functioning and warrants consideration as a diagnostic feature for BED.
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Psychological status and depression in patients with liver cirrhosis.
Giampaolo Bianchi,Giulio Marchesini,F. Nicolino,R. Graziani,D. Sgarbi,Carmela Loguercio,R Abbiati,Marco Zoli +7 more
TL;DR: Patients with cirrhosis have signs of psychological distress and depression, as assessed by Beck Depression Inventory and Psychological General Well-Being Index, in relation to the severity of liver disease, a non-negligible number of patients warrant treatment.
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Increased physical activity improves sleep and mood outcomes in inactive people with insomnia: a randomized controlled trial
TL;DR: Assessment of whether increasing physical activity to the level recommended in public health guidelines can improve sleep quality among inactive adults meeting research diagnostic criteria for insomnia found that it did.
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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
Steven D. Hollon,Aaron T. Beck +1 more
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
Aaron T. Beck,Brad A. Alford +1 more
TL;DR: The definition of Depression is explained and a treatment plan for treatment and analysis of the causes and treatments are outlined.