Thus, if temperment predicts levels of depression, temperament evaluation can represent an opportunity to identify depressive attitudes towards the future.
The attitude of the GP towards the treatment of depressive disorder is measured with the Depression Attitude Questionnaire (DAQ) [ 74].
Measures of depressive symptoms, attitudes to maternity, and mother-to-infant bonding were obtained from 97 study completers at monthly intervals through 3 months postpartum.
The BDI is more concerned with depressive cognitive attitudes while the other scales pay more attention to somatic symptoms and functional impairment.
The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) has 21 items, including attitude, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation, scored on a scale ranging from 0 to 3. The cut-off scores are as follows: <11, minimal depression; 12 to 19, mild to moderate depression; 20 to 35, moderate depression; and 36 to 63, severe depression [ 12].
The improvement rate of depressive symptom, dysfunctional attitude, and pain disability in the CBT group was significantly higher compared with that of the CCT group (P<.01).
The purpose of this pilot study was to obtain preliminary data examining clinically significant depressive symptoms, depression stigma, and attitudes towards seeking professional help for depression among a sample of Arab adolescents from Jordan.
The Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) [ 45] consists of 20 items evaluating depressive symptomatology and attitudes.
This is in line with the results of a study carried out in Spain, in which adolescent patients significantly improved in BMI, eating attitudes, depressive symptomatology, and motivation to change during inpatient treatment [ 39].
With regard to "Having a lot of worries in my mind before going to bed at night", more than half of the depressive individuals adopt this attitude, compared with only nearly one-quarter of the asymptomatic or anxious individuals.
