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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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Depression is not a consistent syndrome: An investigation of unique symptom patterns in the STAR*D study
Eiko I. Fried,Randolph M. Nesse +1 more
TL;DR: The substantial symptom variation among individuals who all qualify for one diagnosis calls into question the status of MDD as a specific consistent syndrome and offers a potential explanation for the difficulty in documenting treatment efficacy.
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Rumination as a common mechanism relating depressive risk factors to depression.
TL;DR: Negative cognitive styles, self-criticism, dependency, neediness, and history of past depression were all significantly associated with rumination, which may act as a general proximal mechanism through which other vulnerability factors affect depression.
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Dimensions of perfectionism in unipolar depression.
Paul L. Hewitt,Gordon L. Flett +1 more
TL;DR: It was found that the depressed patients had higher levels of self-oriented perfectionism than did either the psychiatric or normal control subjects, and the anxious patients reported higher level of socially prescribed perfectionism.
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Multiple measurements of depression predict mortality in a longitudinal study of chronic hemodialysis outpatients
Paul L. Kimmel,Rolf A. Peterson,Rolf A. Peterson,Rolf A. Peterson,Karen L. Weihs,Karen L. Weihs,Karen L. Weihs,Samuel J. Simmens,Samuel J. Simmens,Samuel J. Simmens,Sylvan Alleyne,Sylvan Alleyne,Sylvan Alleyne,Illuminado Cruz,Illuminado Cruz,Illuminado Cruz,Judith H. Veis,Judith H. Veis,Judith H. Veis +18 more
TL;DR: Higher levels of depressive affect in ESRD patients treated with HD are associated with increased mortality, and the effects of depression on patient survival are of the same order of magnitude as medical risk factors.
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Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study: Baseline Characteristics and Associations with Kidney Function
James P. Lash,Alan S. Go,Lawrence J. Appel,Jiang He,Akinlolu O. Ojo,Mahboob Rahman,Raymond R. Townsend,Dawei Xie,Denise Cifelli,Janet Cohan,Jeffrey C. Fink,Michael J. Fischer,Michael J. Fischer,Crystal A. Gadegbeku,L. Lee Hamm,John W. Kusek,J. Richard Landis,Andrew S. Narva,Nancy Robinson,Valerie Teal,Harold I. Feldman +20 more
TL;DR: Lower level of eGFR was associated with a greater burden of CVD as well as lower socioeconomic and educational status and long-term follow-up of participants will provide critical insights into the epidemiology of CKD and its relationship to adverse outcomes.
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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.