NOW WITH DIGITAL ADMINISTRATION
AARON T. BECK
Discover Crucial Warning
Signs to Help You Make the
Right Treatment Choices
DEPRESSION | ANXIETY | HOPELESSNESS | SUICIDE
The Beck Scales have been developed and validated to assist you in making focused
and reliable patient evaluations. Test results can be the first step in recognizing and
appropriately treating an affective disorder.
The Beck Scales can help you identify those patients with depressive, anxious,
or suicidal tendencies—even in populations with overlapping physical and/or
medical problems.
Tests are easily administered and scored; they may be self-administered or
administered by trained staff.
And, for the first time, you can track the progress of your patients based on the
summarized unique patterns of their item responses across all 4 Beck Scales, using
the Q-global online software system.
Beck Depression Inventory® (BDI-II)
Beck Depression Inventory, the most widely used instrument for measuring
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depression, is an invaluable tool for screening, diagnosis, and monitoring
Completion Time: 5 minutes
Administration: Computer or therapeutic progress. Twenty-one items assess the intensity of depression in
paper and pencil clinical and normal individuals. The BDI-II was developed in alignment with DSM
Forms: English and Spanish
criteria, and is an effective measure of the presence and severity of depression in
Ages: 13:0 through 80:0 years
outpatients and short-term inpatients.
Qualification Level: B
Report Options: Interpretive and
Progress Reports
BDI®– FastScreen for Medical Patients
BDI-FastScreen for Medical Patients is a 7-item self-report measure of depression
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Completion Time: Less than 5 minutes in adolescents and adults. It reflects the cognitive and affective symptoms of
Administration: Paper and pencil depression, while excluding somatic and performance symptoms that might be
Forms: English and Spanish attributable to other conditions. This quick, effective screener assesses depression
Ages: 13:0 through 80:0 years
in populations with biological, medical, alcohol, and/or substance abuse problems.
Qualification Level: B
Report Options: Score Report
Beck Anxiety Inventory® (BAI)
The Beck Anxiety Inventory is specifically designed to reduce the overlap and measure
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the symptoms shared between depression and anxiety scales. Physiological and
Completion Time: 5 to 10 minutes
Administration: Computer or paper cognitive components of anxiety are addressed in the 21 items describing subjective,
and pencil somatic, or panic-related symptoms. It differentiates well between anxious and non-
Forms: English and Spanish
anxious groups in a variety of clinical settings and is appropriate for all adult mental
Ages: 17:0 through 80:0 years
health populations.
Qualification Level: B
Report Options: Interpretive and
Progress Reports
Beck Hopelessness Scale® (BHS)
A powerful predictor of eventual suicide, Beck Hopelessness Scale examines an
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individual’s thoughts and beliefs about the future. The 20 true-false items measure Completion Time: 5 minutes
3 major aspects of hopelessness: feelings about the future, loss of motivation, and Administration: Computer
or paper and pencil
expectations. The hopelessness construct is highly correlated with measures of
Forms: English and Spanish
depression, suicidal intent, and ideation and may alert the therapist to unstated or
Ages: 17:0 through 80:0 years
denied suicidal intentions. Qualification Level: B
Report Options: Interpretive and
Progress Reports
Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation® (BSS)
Administer Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation first when there is any potential suicidal
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intent. A high score indicates the necessity for detailed questioning about a Completion Time: 5 to 10 minutes
patient’s intentions. Responses on items about deterrents, plans, and the patient’s Administration: Computer
level of revealing suggest areas for discussion and therapeutic focus. The 21-item or paper and pencil
Forms: English and Spanish
scale includes 5 screening items that reduce the length and intrusiveness of the
Ages: 17:0 years and older
instrument for non-suicidal individuals. Administering the BSS with the BHS and
Qualification Level: B
the BDI-II is recommended to help weigh suicidal risk and also yields fewer false Report Options: Interpretive and
positives and false negatives. Progress Reports
Beck Youth Inventory™ (BYI-II)
The 5 Beck Youth Inventories can be used separately or in combination to assess self-
concept and symptoms of depression, anxiety, anger, and disruptive behavior. Each
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Completion Time: 5 minutes
inventory contains 20 questions about the frequency of thoughts, feelings, and
per inventory
behaviors associated with emotional and social impairment that the child considers Administration: Computer
to be true the day of, and two weeks prior to, testing. or paper and pencil
Forms: Self-report
Ages: 7:0 through 18:0 years
Qualification Level: B
Report Options: Interpretive and
Progress Reports
BECK Scales: Use this family of scales to help meet the needs of your practice.
Do more in less time.
Use the Beck Scales online!
Administer, score, and report any Beck Scale in
the traditional paper form or a digital format with
®
Q-global , Pearson’s web-based system. Q-global
provides the following benefits:
• Time-saving remote administration
Email your patients a secure link to complete Beck response forms at home
prior to visiting you in the office.
• Convenient mobile access
Because Q-global is online, you and your patients can use it anytime, anywhere
from any digital device—including your laptop, tablet, or phone—to obtain
important results.
• Improved accuracy with automated scoring and reporting
Patient responses are tabulated and scored automatically, saving time and
reducing potential calculation and transcription errors.
• Efficient progress monitoring
A complimentary progress report can help you track your patient’s progress
over time.
• One source for patient records means better organization
A single, manageable database keeps all patients’ assessment information within
easy reach.
To order or for more information,
call 866.335.8418 or visit our website at PearsonClinical.ca
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