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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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Issues for selection of outcome measures in stroke rehabilitation: ICF Body Functions.

TL;DR: Evaluating the psychometric and administrative properties of outcome measures assigned to the ICF Body Functions category and commonly used in stroke rehabilitation research found there appears to be good consensus about what are the most important indicators of successful rehabilitation outcome in each domain of body function.
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Social Problem Solving as a Mediator of Stress-Related Depression and Anxiety in Middle-Aged and Elderly Community Residents

TL;DR: This article examined the relation between everyday problems, social problem solving, and depression and anxiety in middle-aged and elderly community residents, using a multidimensional measure of social problem-solving ability.
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Assessment of obsessive-compulsive disorder: a review

TL;DR: A critical review of instruments used in the assessment and diagnosis of OCD as well as a review of adjunctive measures used to assess associated symptoms is provided.
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Dynamics of Peer Victimization in Early Adolescence

TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the stability of adolescent victimization across four consecutive years from Grades 4 to 7, and the concurrent correlates, short-term consequences, and predictors of victimization in early adolescence.
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Relationship between physical activity and depression and anxiety symptoms: A population study

TL;DR: People who do not practice physical activity have a higher chance of exhibiting symptoms of depression and anxiety when compared to those who perform physical activity regularly, and this incentive should be encouraged in both current and future public health policies.
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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.