<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> As a common disorder, depression must be diagnosed not only in psychiatric but also in different medical settings, especially in patients with chronic diseases. Beck Depression Inventory is valuable and sensitive self-report inventory used worldwide for assessment depressive symptoms. In this research we present obtained scores of BDI in different group of disorders and we showed that BDI scores are related to the clinical condition, as well as with the age.</p></abstract>

As a common disorder, depression must be diagnosed not only in psychiatric but also in different medical settings, especially in patients with chronic diseases. Beck Depression Inventory is valuable and sensitive self-report inventory used worldwide for assessment depressive symptoms. In this research we present obtained scores of BDI in different group of disorders and we showed that BDI scores are related to the clinical condition, as well as with the age.

BDI in the Assessment of Depression in Different Medical Conditions

Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Bul. Krste Misirkov 2, 1000 Skopje,

Macedonia (the former Yugoslav Republic of)

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As a common disorder, depression must be diagnosed not only in psychiatric but also in different medical settings, especially in patients with chronic...

BDI in the Assessment of Depression in Different Medical Conditions

Published Online: Apr 20, 2017

Page range: 103 - 111

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/prilozi-2017-0014

Keywords
depression, self-report, BDI

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

BDI in the Assessment of Depression in Different Medical Conditions

Published Online: Apr 20, 2017

Page range: 103 - 111

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/prilozi-2017-0014

Keywordsdepression, self-report, BDI

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
depression, self-report, BDI