Beck Depression Instrument Report

1. Introduction Depression is a common mental health disorder in modern society. According to Kroenke citing WHO, “The World Health Organization now recognizes depression as one of the most burdensome diseases in the world.” (World Health Organization, 2002 as cited by Kroenke et al., 2009) Kim et al.

Sometimes in life woman go through traumatic events that can cause symptoms of depression, but not all hope is gone. If steps to proper care are taken, a brighter future is ahead. On October 8, 2015, I conducted a personal interview with Mrs. Trish Holsten a former therapist, who worked at Johnston County Mental Health Center. Mrs. Holsten obtained her Masters in Clinical Psychology; altogether she has about 10 years of relevant work experience. During the interview I asked her several questions related to major depression.

Adequate patient response to therapy takes a while but it should be geared towards achieving remission, reducing relapse and recurrence and returning to the previous level of occupation and psychosocial function. Remission indicates the presence of minimal depressive symptoms or even their absence (Thota A,

Other than the anger domain, there were no frequent domains that were selected by patients either in the open-ended question or PROMIS cards selection. In the open-ended question, anxiety and depression were stated only twice, while during the cards selection these two domains were selected by 6 and 4 participants, respectively. However, a systematic review on the LBP impact showed that anxiety and depression were frequently reported by individuals with LBP 55. The findings of this study explained why patients did not consider depression and anxiety as important domains; these two domains were frequently stated as consequences of pain, fatigue, and restriction in physical and social activities. Therefore, patients might think that if the latter domains (i.e. pain, fatigue, and restriction in activities) were addressed, the anxiety and depression would be

This Article “Depression, Asthma, and Bronchodilator Response in a Nationwide Study of US Adults” objective is to find if there is a connection between depressive symptoms and BDR or asthma in US adults. The United States alone has 16 million adults that suffer once a year from one major depressive disorder. Also, asthma affects nearly 28 million adults in the US and is also a major public health issue around the world. Even though asthma and depression have been linked with each other, it is still not clear if anxiety symptoms explain this association. But, to get some more statistics they did The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to get the nutritional and health status of adults and children in the United States. They interviewed and did physical exams on study participants who had different experiences with asthma. There were no major differences in household income, sex, smoking status, health insurance coverage, race/ethnicity, and depression

These types includes: clinical depression, bipolar/manic depression, dysthymic disorder as well as postnatal depression (Hypnotherapy-directory, 2016). Depression is not only a single disorder; it has an inclusive amount of clinical concepts including mild mood disturbance which can occur in an anxious person to many lethal medical illnesses. Nonetheless, disorders including psychotic depression, unipolar or other mood disorders would be referred to as clinical depression (Heap 2012). This study will be looking at all the different types as a

This inventory discriminates between anxiety and depression, thus giving a snapshot of a participant’s emotion outside of

History, types of depression, symptoms, and treatments are all equally important in finding ways to help one who is suffering from depression. As we look back in

State-Trait Depression Inventory (STDI) was used to measure depression (Spielberger, 2003). A 20-item questionnaire was administered that corresponds to the depression subscale of State-Trait Personality Inventory (STPI). It employed a four-point Likert scale with 1 meaning “almost always” and 4 meaning “almost never”. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for the scale in the present study is 0.93.

The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) can be used to assess the patient for depression. (The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing 2012). Mr. Ocampo is the primary care giver and he is under considerable stress. We must provide support for him. According to Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing (2012) two tools which can be useful in assessing care giver strain are Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) and the Caregiver Strain Index (CSI).

1. Are the results of the study valid? 2. What are the results and are they important? 3.

Mood disorders are among the most prevalent forms of mental illness. Severe forms of depression affect 2%–5% of the U.S. population, and up to 20% of the population suffers from milder forms of the illness. Depression is almost twice more common in females than males. ( (Nestler et al., 2002). Depression is often described as a stress-related disorder, and there is good evidence that episodes of depression often occur in the context of some form of stress.

During the time of assessment the patient was found calm and 4x oriented. The patient reports recently feeling overwhelmed. The patient reports her college studies, trying to deal with family issues, and current relationship has cause her most distress. The patient reports that she told her mother yesterday that she was feeling suicidal. The patient states, "I started out of nowhere feeling like I want to commit suicide.

BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE (BPRS)73 We used 18=item Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS)73. BPRS is a widely used instrument for assessing the positive, negative, and affective symptoms of individuals who have psychotic disorders, especially schizophrenia. It has proven particularly valuable for documenting the efficacy of treatment in patients who have moderate to severe disease. The BPRS consists of 18 symptom constructs and takes 20-30 minutes for the interview and scoring.

The ILS questionnaire along with scoring sheet and report form is available at [6]. Reliability and validity of ILS Questionnaire on different aspects is done in [7], [8],