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The Children’s Depression Rating Scale (CDRS) was originally designed to measure changes in depressive symptoms in children ages 6 to 12, but its validity and reliability have also been demonstrated in the adolescent population (up to 18 years old).
Scoring the PHQ-9 modified for teens is easy but involves thinking about several different aspects of depression. To use the PHQ-9 as a diagnostic aid for Major Depressive Disorder: • Questions 1 and/or 2 need to be endorsed as a “2” or “3”.
The Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale (KADS) is a self-report scale specifically designed to diagnosis and assess the severity of adolescent depression, and versions include a 16-item, a 11- item and an abbreviated 6-item scale.
Comprised of eleven questions, the KADS-11 measures symptoms of depression that are commonly experienced by adolescents. The scale prompts respondents to consider their feelings over the past week, including changes in mood, behavior, and cognition.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening children and adolescents 12 to 18 years of age for major depressive disorder with adequate systems in place to ensure...
The self–rated depression scales most commonly used with adolescents in-clude the 21–item Children’s Depres-sion Inventory (Kovacs, 1992), the 21–item Beck Depression Inventory (BDI; Beck et al. 1961) and the 20–item adult and child versions of the Center for Epidemiology Depression Scale (CES–D; Fendrich et al. 1990; Radloff 1977).
The Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale (KADS) is a self-report scale specifically designed to diagnosis and assess the severity of adolescent depression, and versions include a 16-item, an 11 item and an abbreviated 6-item scale.
The ADRS is a useful, short, clinician-report and self-report scale to evaluate adolescent depression. Further studies to replicate our findings and evaluate ADRS sensitivity to effects of treatment and psychometric properties in populations of adolescents with several psychiatric disorders are warranted.
Guidelines for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care (GLAD-PC): Part I. Practice Preparation, Identification, Assessment, and Initial Management. Rachel A. Zuckerbrot, MD; Amy Cheung, MD; Peter S. Jensen, MD; Ruth E.K. Stein, MD; Danielle Laraque, MD; GLAD-PC STEERING GROUP; Anthony Levitt; Boris Birmaher; John Campo; Greg Clarke, PhD;
report scale, the Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale (KADS), designed specifically to diagnose and assess the severity of adolescent depression. This report compares the diagnostic validity of the full 16-item instrument, brief versions of it, and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) against the criteria for major depressive episode (MDE) from