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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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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Generalized Social Anxiety Disorder A Pilot Study
TL;DR: Significant improvements occurred in social anxiety symptoms and quality of life, yielding large effect size gains, and earlier changes in experiential avoidance predicted later changes in symptom severity.
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Cultural Differences in Optimism, Pessimism, and Coping: Predictors of Subsequent Adjustment in Asian American and Caucasian American College Students.
TL;DR: This paper found that Asian Americans were more pessimistic than Caucasian Americans and used more problem avoidance and social withdrawal coping strategies to cope with depression and psychological symptoms, while Caucasian Americans reported more depressive symptoms, but not more physical symptoms.
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Trauma and bereavement: examining the impact of sudden and violent deaths.
Stacey Kaltman,George A. Bonanno +1 more
TL;DR: This investigation suggests that violent death results in development of PTSD symptoms over and above the normal grief response and thus, may contribute to a more severe grief response.
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International Committee on Mental Health in Cystic Fibrosis: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and European Cystic Fibrosis Society consensus statements for screening and treating depression and anxiety
Alexandra L. Quittner,Janice Abbott,Anna M. Georgiopoulos,Lutz Goldbeck,Beth A. Smith,Sarah E. Hempstead,Bruce C. Marshall,Kathryn A. Sabadosa,Stuart Elborn +8 more
TL;DR: Recommendations for screening and treatment of depression and anxiety in individuals with CF and parent caregivers were finalised by vote and should be closely monitored to assess barriers and concerns, validity and use.
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Dispositional optimism and primary and secondary appraisal of a stressor: Controlling for confounding influences and relations to coping and psychological and physical adjustment.
TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of optimism and appraisals on coping and psychological and physical adjustment in 726 college students was examined and it was found that optimism was found to add significant incremental validity in predicting adjustment, beyond what was accounted for by appraisal and coping.
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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.