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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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Differential predictors of pain and disability in patients with whiplash injuries.

TL;DR: The psychological predictors of pain and disability were examined in a sample of people who sustained whiplash injuries during rear-end motor vehicle accidents, and the magnification subscale of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale was the only variable that contributed significant, unique variance to the prediction of pain.
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Predicting Growth Curves of Externalizing Behavior Across the Preschool Years

TL;DR: Examination of externalizing behavior among 299 boys from low-income families found interactions between infant negative emotionality and maternal depressive symptoms and between parental conflict and maternal acceptance were associated with rate of change.
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Reduced ADHD symptoms in adults with ADHD after structured skills training group: results from a randomized controlled trial.

TL;DR: The treatment was feasible in an outpatient psychiatric context, well tolerated, and significantly reduced ADHD symptoms in on-treatment individuals who remained stable regarding medication status.
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Mood and anxiety disorders in widowhood: A systematic review

TL;DR: The prevalence of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and anxiety disorders were considerably elevated in widowed individuals, especially in the first year after the loss of a spouse.
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Psychological pathways to depression in schizophrenia: studies in acute psychosis, post psychotic depression and auditory hallucinations.

TL;DR: It is argued that depression that is intrinsic to the psychosis diathesis, a psychological reaction to it, and the product of disturbed developmental pathways resulting from developmental trauma and the childhood antecedents of psychosis need to be made a clear distinction.
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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.