The Beck Depression Inventory was designed for measuring the severity of depression in adolescents and adults according or symptoms corresponding to the criteria for diagnosing major depressive disorders.
The Beck Depression Inventory included 21 items concerning different symptom domains, with four possible answers describing symptoms of increasing severity associated with a score from 0 to 3.
Each item contains a header that is intended to focus the examinee in the general purpose of the response options.
Scores ranging between 0 and 13 are indicative of minimal depression; scores that fall between 14 and 19 are considered to reflect a mild level of depression; scores of 20 to 27 are considered moderate; and a score ranging from 29 to 63 is labeled severe.
The original Beck Depression Inventory was designed to be administered in an interviewer-assisted fashion by trained professionals.
Beck Depression Inventory
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