BDI-2 / BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY COMPLETE KIT (ENGLISH) [B]

Administration: 5 minutes; self-administered, or verbally by a trained administrator

Qualification level: B,Q1,Q2-Level

Publication Date: 1996

Ages / Grades: 13 through 80 years

Forms: English and Spanish

This new edition of the Beck Depression Inventory®, the most widely used instrument for detecting depression, takes just five minutes to complete and is more clinically sensitive than ever.

Benefits

• Assess self-reported key symptoms of depression.
• Support early identification and diagnosis.
• Conduct clinical research.
• Improved clinical sensitivity (Coefficient Alpha = .92)

Features

This BDI-2 consists of 21 items to assess the intensity of depression in clinical and normal patients. Each item is a list of four statements arranged in increasing severity about a particular symptom of depression.

• New items of assessment.
• Assessment time frames increase from one to two weeks.
• Improved clinical sensitivity.
• Aligned with DSM-IV criteria.