An Inventory for Measuring Depression

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Abstract

The difficulties inherent in obtaining consistent and adequate diagnoses for the purposes of research and therapy have been pointed out by a number of authors. Pasamanick12in a recent article viewed the low interclinician agreement on diagnosis as an indictment of the present state of psychiatry and called for "the development of objective, measurable and verifiable criteria of classification based not on personal or parochial considerations, but on behavioral and other objectively measurable manifestations." Attempts by other investigators to subject clinical observations and judgments to objective measurement have resulted in a wide variety of psychiatric rating scales.4,15These have been well summarized in a review article by Lorr11on "Rating Scales and Check Lists for the Evaluation of Psychopathology." In the area of psychological testing, a variety of paper-and-pencil tests have been devised for the purpose of measuring specific

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Autori: Aaron Tim Beck iD (University of Pennsylvania)
Pubblicato in: Archives of General Psychiatry, vol. 4, n. 6, pp. 561
Data di pubblicazione:01/06/1961
Editore:American Medical Association
Tipo di documento:Articolo
Lingua:inglese
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1961.01710120031004
ISSN:0003-990X, 1538-3636
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Citazioni ricevute:38.014
Soggetti:
Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (Social Sciences > Psychology > Experimental and Cognitive Psychology)
Psychological Testing and Assessment (Social Sciences > Psychology > Applied Psychology)
Psychometric Methodologies and Testing (Social Sciences > Decision Sciences > Management Science and Operations Research)
depression, psychiatric rating scales, psychometric assessment, diagnostic classification, psychopathology assessment
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Riassunto:The difficulties inherent in obtaining consistent and adequate diagnoses for the purposes of research and therapy have been pointed out by a number of authors. Pasamanick12in a recent article viewed the low interclinician agreement on diagnosis as an indictment of the present state of psychiatry and called for "the development of objective, measurable and verifiable criteria of classification based not on personal or parochial considerations, but on behavioral and other objectively measurable manifestations." Attempts by other investigators to subject clinical observations and judgments to objective measurement have resulted in a wide variety of psychiatric rating scales.4,15These have been well summarized in a review article by Lorr11on "Rating Scales and Check Lists for the Evaluation of Psychopathology." In the area of psychological testing, a variety of paper-and-pencil tests have been devised for the purpose of measuring specific
ISSN:0003-990X
1538-3636
DOI:10.1001/archpsyc.1961.01710120031004