A comparison of the Major Depression Inventory (MDI) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) in severely depressed patients

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-61

  Konstantinidis, Anastasios ^a   Martiny, Klaus ^b   Bech, Per ^b   Kasper, Siegfried ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b FREDERIKSBORG GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Beck Depression Inventory; depression; Major Depression Inventory; validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION INVENTORY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 79751478695     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: 14711788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13651501.2010.507870     Document Type: Article

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