05-06-2012, 05:39 PM
Clinical Assessment of Depression
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Content Identification
A review of the literature pertaining to child, adolescent, and adult development and depression
A review of item content from existing instruments
An examination of current diagnostic criteria based on the DSM-IV
Consideration of item content to reflect depressed mood among individuals across a wide age range
Suggestions from colleagues
Wrote 175 items across 16 content domains based on literature and DSM diagnostic criteria
Features
Uses a Four-point Item response format
Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Comes with CAD-SP that scores, profiles, reports data, and facilitates interpretation
Standard scores (T-scores)
Percentile ranks
Confidence intervals
Qualitative classifications
Graphical profile display
Six Critical Item Clusters
1.Hopelessness
•5 items - - sense that current conditions are permanent and with no promise for improvement, extreme unhappiness, having given up on the future, and inability to continue the current level of suffering
2.Self-Devaluation
•5 items - - sense of self-loathing, failure, extreme loneliness, and loss of personal meaning
3.Sleep/Fatigue
•3 items - - feelings of fatigue, lack of energy, and desire to do little other than sleep
4.Failure
•3 items - - sense of limited personal competence or an overwhelming sense of failure
5.Worry
•3 items - - feelings of generalized worry and worry that bad things may happen
6.Nervous
•3 items - - feelings of anxiety, nervousness, and limited ability to relax
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Content Identification
A review of the literature pertaining to child, adolescent, and adult development and depression
A review of item content from existing instruments
An examination of current diagnostic criteria based on the DSM-IV
Consideration of item content to reflect depressed mood among individuals across a wide age range
Suggestions from colleagues
Wrote 175 items across 16 content domains based on literature and DSM diagnostic criteria
Features
Uses a Four-point Item response format
Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Comes with CAD-SP that scores, profiles, reports data, and facilitates interpretation
Standard scores (T-scores)
Percentile ranks
Confidence intervals
Qualitative classifications
Graphical profile display
Six Critical Item Clusters
1.Hopelessness
•5 items - - sense that current conditions are permanent and with no promise for improvement, extreme unhappiness, having given up on the future, and inability to continue the current level of suffering
2.Self-Devaluation
•5 items - - sense of self-loathing, failure, extreme loneliness, and loss of personal meaning
3.Sleep/Fatigue
•3 items - - feelings of fatigue, lack of energy, and desire to do little other than sleep
4.Failure
•3 items - - sense of limited personal competence or an overwhelming sense of failure
5.Worry
•3 items - - feelings of generalized worry and worry that bad things may happen
6.Nervous
•3 items - - feelings of anxiety, nervousness, and limited ability to relax