Beck's Depression Inventory questionnaire.
inventory can be self-scored, The scoring scale is at the end of the
This depression
1.
Ido not feel sad.
1 Ifeel sad
2 [am sad all the tine and I can't snap out of it.
3 Iam so sad and unhappy that I can't stand it.
2
Iam not particularly discouraged about the future.
1 Ifeel discouraged about the future.
2 Ifeel Ihave nothing to look forward to.
3 Ifeel the future is hopeless and that things cannot improve.
3.
0 I do not feel likea failure.
1 Ifeel I have failed more than the average person.
2 As Ilook back on my life, all Ican see is a lot of failures.
3 Ifeel Iam a complete failure as a person.
4.
Iget as much satisfaction out of things as I used to.
1 Idon't enjoy things the way I used to.
2 Idon't get real satisfaction out of anything anymore.
Iam dissatisfied or bored with everything.
5
Idon't feel particularly guilty
1 Ifeel guilty a good part of the time.
Ifeel quite guilty most of the time.
3 Ifeel guilty all of the time.
6.
0 Idon't feel I am being punished.
1 Ifeel I may be punished.
2 I expect to be punished.
3 Ifeel I am being punished.
7.
Idon't feel disappointed in myself.
1 Iam disappointed in myself.
2 Iam disgusted with myself.
3 Ihate myself.
8
Idon't feel I am any worse than anybody else.
Iam critical of nyself for my wealknesses or mistakes.
Iblame myself all the time for my faults.
Iblame myself for everything bad that happens.
9
Idon't have any thoughts of killing myself.
1 Ihave thoughts of killing myself, but Iwould not carry them out.
2 I would like to kill myself.
3 Iwould kill myselfifIhad the chance.
10.
Idon't cry any more than usual.
1 Icry more now than I used to.
2 Icry all the time now.
3 Iused to be able to cry, but now Ican't cry even though Iwant to.
11.
Iam no more irritated by things than Iever was.
Iam slightly more irritated now than usual.
2 Iamquite annoyed or irritated a good deal of the time.
Ifeel irritated all the time.
12.
0 I have not lost interest in other people.
1 Iam less interested in other people than I used to be.
2 Ihave lost most of my interest in other people.
3 Ihave lost all of my interest in other people.
13.
Imake decisions about as well as I ever could.
1 Iput off making decisions more than I used to.
2 Ihave greater difficulty in malking decisions more than Iused to.
3 Ican't make decisions at all anymore.
14.
I don't feel that Ilook any worse than Iused to.
1 Iam worried that I am looking old or unattractive.
2 Ifeel there are permanent changes in my appearance that make me look
unattractive
Ibelieve that I look ugly.
15.
I can work about as well as before.
1 It takes an extra effort to get started at doing something.
2 Ihave to push myself very hard to do anything.
3 Ican't do any work at all.
16.
Ican sleep as well as usual.
I don't sleep as well as I used to.
2 I wake up 1-2 hours earlier than usual and find it hard to get back to sleep.
3 Iwake up several hours earlier than Iused to and cannot get back to sleep.
17.
Idon't get more tired than usual.
1 Iget tired more easily than I used to.
2 Iget tired from doing almost anything.
3 Iam too tired to do anything.
18.
My appetite is no worse than usual.
1 My appetite is not as good as it used to be.
2 My appetite is much worse now.
3 Ihave no appetite at all anymore.
19.
Ihaven't lost much weight, if any, lately.
Ihave lost more than five pounds.
Ihave lost more than ten pounds.
3 Ihave lost more than fifteen pounds.
20.
Iam no more
worried about my
1 Iam worried about physical health than usual.
problems like aches, pains,upset stomach, or
2
constipation.
Iam very worried about physical problems and it's
3 Iam so Worried about my physical
hard to think of much else.
21. problems that I cannot think of anything else.
Ihave not noticed any recent
change in my
Iam less interested in sex than I used to be. interest sex.
1 in
2 Ihave almost no interest in sex.
3 Ihave lost interest in sex
completely.
INTERPRETING THE BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY
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 cach question.
You can evaluate your depression according to the Table below.
Total Score Levels of Depression
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
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