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10 Beck´s Depression Index

Choose one statement from among the group of four statements in each question that best
describes how you have been feeling during the past few days. Circle the number beside your
choice.

1 0 I do not feel sad. 8 0 I don't feel I am any worse than anybody else.
1 I feel sad. 1 I am critical of myself for my weaknesses or
2 I am sad all the time and I can't snap out of mistakes.
it. 2 I blame myself all the time for my faults.
3 I am so sad or unhappy that I can't stand it. 3 I blame myself for everything bad that
happens.
2 0 I am not particularly discouraged about the 9 0 I don't have any thoughts of killing myself.
future. 1 I have thoughts of killing myself, but I would
1 I feel discouraged about the future. not carry them out.
2 I feel I have nothing to look forward to. 2 I would like to kill myself.
3 I feel that the future is hopeless and that 3 I would kill myself if I had the chance.
things cannot improve.
3 0 I do not feel like a failure. 10 0 I don't cry any more than usual.
1 I feel I have failed more than the average 1 I cry more now than I used to.
person. 2 I cry all the time now.
2 As I look back on my life, all I can see is a 3 I used to be able to cry, but now I can't cry
lot of failure. even though I want to.
3 I feel I am a complete failure as a person.
4 0 I get as much satisfaction out of things as I 11 0 I am no more irritated by things than I ever
used to. am.
1 I don't enjoy things the way I used to. 1 I am slightly more irritated now than usual.
2 I don't get any real satisfaction out of 2 I am quite annoyed or irritated a good deal of
anything anymore. the time.
3 I am dissatisfied or bored with everything. 3 I feel irritated all the time now.
5 0 I don't feel particularly guilty. 12 0 I have not lost interest in other people.
1 I feel guilty a good part of the time. 1 I am less interested in other people than I used
2 I feel quite guilty most of the time. to be.
3 I feel guilty all of the time. 2 I have lost most of my interest in other people.
3 I have lost all of my interest in other people.
6 0 I don't feel I am being punished. 13 0 I make decisions about as well as I ever could.
1 I feel I may be punished. 1 I put off making decisions more than I used to.
2 I expect to be punished. 2 I have greater difficulty in making decisions
3 I feel I am being punished. than before.
3 I can't make decisions at all anymore.
7 0 I don't feel disappointed in myself. 14 0 I don't feel that I look any worse than I used to.
1 I am disappointed in myself. 1 I am worried that I am looking old or
2 I am disgusted with myself. unattractive.
3 I hate myself. 2 I feel that there are permanent changes in my
appearance that make me look unattractive.
3 I believe that I look ugly.
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15 0 I can work about as well as before. 19 0 I haven't lost much weight, if any,
1 It takes an extra effort to get started at lately.
doing something. 1 I have lost more than five pounds.
2 I have to push myself very hard to do 2 I have lost more than ten pounds.
anything. 3 I have lost more than fifteen pounds.
3 I can't do any work at all. (Score 0 if you have been purposely
trying to lose weight.)
16 0 I can sleep as well as usual. 20 0 I am no more worried about my health
1 I don't sleep as well as I used to. than usual.
2 I wake up 1-2 hours earlier than usual and 1 I am owrried about physical problems
find it hard to get back to sleep. such as aches and pains, or upset
3 I wake up several hours earlier than I used stomach, or constipation.
to and cannot get back to sleep. 2 I am very worried about physical
problems, and it's hard to think of much
else.
3 I am so worried about my physical
problems that I cannot think about
anything else.
17 0 I don't get more tired than usual. 21 0 I have not noticed any recent change
1 I get tired more easily than I used to. in my interest in sex.
2 I get tired from doing almost anything. 1 I am less interested in sex than I used
3 I am too tired to do anything. to be.
2 I am much less interested in sex now.
3 I have lost interested in sex
completely.
18 0 My appetite is no worse than usual.
1 My appetite is not as good as it used to be.
2 My appetite is much worse now.
3 I have no appetite at all anymore.

SCORING

1 – 10: These ups and downs are considered normal.