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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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Sleep problems in early childhood and early onset of alcohol and other drug use in adolescence.

TL;DR: Although sleep problems in early childhood also predicted attention problems and anxiety/depression in later childhood, these problems did not mediate the relationship between sleep problems and onset of alcohol and other drug use.
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The effects of cognitive behavioral therapy as an anti-depressive treatment is falling: A meta-analysis.

TL;DR: The metaregressions indicating that the effects of CBT have declined linearly and steadily since its introduction indicated that modern CBT clinical trials seemingly provided less relief from depressive symptoms as compared with the seminal trials.
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Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of fluoxetine in chronic fatigue syndrome.

TL;DR: Fluoxetine in a 20 mg daily dose does not have a beneficial effect on any characteristic of CFS, which suggests that processes underlying the presentation of depressive symptoms in CFS may differ from those in patients with major depressive disorder.
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Relation of Depression and Dysfunctional Career Thinking to Career Indecision.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated career indecision in undergraduate students enrolled in an introductory psychology course at a large southeastern university using the Career Decision Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory and Career Thoughts Inventory.
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Cultural meaning of perceived control: A meta-analysis of locus of control and psychological symptoms across 18 cultural regions.

TL;DR: This meta-analysis investigated whether the magnitude of the relationship between LOC and psychological symptoms differed among cultures with distinct individualist orientations and whether depression and anxiety symptoms yielded different patterns of cultural findings with LOC.
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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.