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Do I have DEPRESSION?

Beck Depression Inventory 

This is a self-report measure of depression. Although this measure cannot diagnose you with depression, it can indicate if you have the symptoms that correspond with depression. 

 

This depression inventory can be self-scored. The scoring scale is at the end of the questionnaire.

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INTERPRETING THE BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY

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Now that you have completed the questionnaire, add up the score for each of the twenty-one questions by counting the number to the right of each question you marked. The highest possible total for the whole test would be sixty-three. This would mean you circled number three on all twenty-one questions. Since the lowest possible score for each question is zero, the lowest possible score for the test would be zero. This would mean you circles zero on each question. You can evaluate your depression according to the Table below.

 

Total Score______________  Levels of Depression

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1-10 These ups and downs are considered normal

11-16 Mild mood disturbance

17-20 Borderline clinical depression

21-30 Moderate depression

31-40 Severe depression

Over 40 Extreme depression

If you have a total score of 17 or above, it indicates that depressive symptoms are interfering in your life to a degree that you would benefit from useful tools and therapeutic intervention to prevent depression from getting a deeper hold on your life.

We can help you understand how depression works, teach you skills to reduce and manage the depressive symptoms you are experiencing, and how to change the depressive thoughts into constructive ones, find purpose and meaning, and restore your quality of life. Depression affects not only yourself, but those you care about most. Let's be proactive and work through it together.

 

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