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The Sensitivity of the Beck Depression Inventory to Changes of Symptomatology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

D. A. W. Johnson
Affiliation:
Crumpsall Hospital, Manchester 8
B. B. Heather
Affiliation:
University Hospital of South Manchester, Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, August, DD2 5NF

Extract

Despite the popularity of the Beck Depression Inventory (Beck et al., 1961), only Salkind (1969) has attempted to validate this instrument for a general practice population. For some purposes, particularly clinical research, measurement of change in a depressive mood is more important than an absolute measure. So far only Little and McPhail (1973) have considered this aspect of use.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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