Assessment of depressive symptoms in Japanese school children and adolescents using the birleson depression self-rating scale

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 231-241

  Denda, Kenzo ^a   Kako, Yuki ^a   Kitagawa, Nobuki ^a   Koyama, Tsukasa ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Birleson depression self rating scale for children (DSRS); Children; Community sample; Depression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRLESON DEPRESSION SELF RATING SCALE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; JAPAN; MASS SCREENING; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34547105817     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/3YCX-H0MT-49DK-C61Q     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Harrington R. Affective disorders. In: Rutter M, Taylor E, editors. Child and adolescent psychiatry (4th Edition). Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2002:330-350.
2. Simonoff E, Pickles A, Meyer JM, et al. The Virginia Twin Study of adolescent behavioral development: Influence of age, sex, and impairment on rates of disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry 1997;54:801-808.
3. Lewinsohn PM, Rohde P, Seeley JR. Major depressive disorder in older adolescents: Prevalence, risk factors, and clinical implications. Clinical Psychology Review 1998;18(7):765-794.
4. Olson GI, von Knorring AL. Adolescent depression: prevalence in Swedish high-school students. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 1999;99:324-331.
5. Birleson P. The validity of depressive disorder in childhood and the development of a self-rating scale: A research report. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 1981;22:73-88.
6. Kovacs M, Beck AT. An empirical-clinical approach towards a definition of childhood depression. In: Schulterbradt JG, Raskin A, editors. Childhood depression. New York: Raven Press, 1977:1-25.
7. Costello EJ, Angold A. Scales to assess child and adolescent depression: Checklists, screens and nets. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1988;27:726-737.
8. Ivarsson, T, Gillberg C. Depressive symptoms in Swedish adolescents: Normative data using the Birleson Depression Self-Rating Scale (DSRS). Journal of Affective Disorders 1997;42:59-68.
9. Poli P, Sbrana B, Marcheschi M, Masi G. Self-reported depressive symptoms in a school sample of Italian children and adolescents. Child Psychiatry and Human Development 2003;33(3):209-226.
10. Frigerio A, Pesenti S, Molteni M, Snider J, Batttaglia M. Depressive symptoms as measured by the CDI in a population of northern Italian children. European Psychiatry 2001;16:33-37.
11. Charman T, Pervova I. Self-reported depressed mood in Russian and UK schoolchildren. A research note. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 1996;37:879-883.
12. Murata T, Shimizu A, Mori Y, Oshima S. Childhood depressive state in the school situation: Consideration from the Birleson's Scale. The Japanese Journal of Psychiatry 1996;1(2):131-138 (in Japanese).
13. Dong Q, Yang B, Ollendic TH. Fears in Chinese children and adolescents and their relation to anxiety and depression. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 1994;35:351-363.
14. Birleson P, Hudson I, Buchanan DG, Wolff S. Clinical evaluation of a self-rating scale for depressive disorder in childhood (Depression self-rating scale). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 1987;28(1):43-60.
15. Charman T. The stability of depressed mood in young adolescents: A school-based survey. Journal of Affective Disorders 1994;30:109-116.
16. Fleming JE, Offord DR. Epidemiology of childhood depressive disorders: A critical review. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1990;29(4):571-580.