Beck Depression Inventory


Beck Depression Inventory

(bĕk) A trademark for a standardized questionnaire used to diagnose depression.

Beck Depression Inventory

Beck Hopelessness Scale Psychiatry A questionnaire that assesses the severity of depression by evaluating self-dissatisfaction, indecisiveness, work difficulty, fatigability, suicidal ideation. See Depression, Personal Attributes Questionnaire. Cf Beck Depression Inventory.

Beck De·pres·sion In·ven·to·ry

(BDI) (bek dĕ-presh'ŭn in'vĕn-tōr-ē) Standardized psychiatric questionnaire in which the subject rates statements on a sliding scale; used in the diagnosis of depression.