He Depression Test Analyzes Your Depression Quotient

In today's fast moving world, depression is an increasingly worrying condition found among people in all parts of the world. Unless taken care of at an early stage, depression can ruin a person's life. So it is wise to detect any possible signs of depression as early as possible so that remedial measures can be taken to treat the condition. A simple depression test can help you in this regard in case you fell like having some symptoms of depression. A depression test will help analyze your depression quotient, which in turn, will determine the future course of action.

A person who cannot be sure if he or she has depression may undergo a depression test, which analyzes his/her depression quotient and makes a correct evaluation of the person's mental condition. A number of primary-care doctors use screening tools for depression, which are mostly questionnaires that can help identify people who have symptoms of depression and may need a complete mental-health evaluation.

Taking a depression test is confidential and simple. However, it should be remembered that such a depression test is not meant to overrule or replace the advice or diagnosis or treatment of a mental health professional. A depression test just offers a direct and quantitative feedback which makes identification of your symptoms much easier. A depression test provides a numerical score and a response which is based on how much one has scored compared to other people who have taken the same test under research conditions.

Depression tests can be of several types. Among such tests that help analyze a person's depression quotient are Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), Geriatric Depression Rating Scale, Goldberg Depression Questionnaire, Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology - Self Report (QIDS-SR), Wakefield Self-Report Questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory and so on.

The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) is one of the most familiar tests for helping an individual to analyze his or her depression quotient. It quickly measures depressive feelings and behaviors of a person during the past week.

The Geriatric Depression Rating Scale has a short version comprising 15 questions that was developed with older adults in mind. Developed by Dr Ivan Goldberg, the 15-question Goldberg Depression Questionnaire is extremely helpful for increasing your awareness of the symptoms of depression.

The Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology - Self Report (QIDS-SR) is a test consisting of 16 questions aimed at measuring nine different criterion domains of major depression. Developed by Dr A. John Rush, it is derived from the 30-item Inventory of Depressive Symtomatology (IDS), which has been used for long at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. The Wakefield Self-Report Questionnaire comprises 12 questions that could help you become aware of some signs and symptoms of depression. The test measures the frequency and intensity of symptoms often linked to depression. Individuals with other emotional disorders or physical ailments may also attain some high scores in this test.

The Beck Depression Inventory is one of the most well-known depression tests used to analyze depression quotient in scientific circles. But the current version of the Beck Depression Inventory itself is closely controlled by its publisher, and not directly available to the public. As a result, only researchers have easy access to this test at present.

• Emma Bullock
• 06/02/2009, 8:59 PM
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