A Review of the Beck Youth Inventories for Children and Adolescents

The Baker Youth Inventory Test was developed by Judith Beck, Aaron Beck, John Jolly and Robert Steer in 2001. The purpose of this psychological test tool is a short self report to measure the suffering of children and adolescents (Flanagan & Henington, 2005). The Beck Youth List contains the use of five self-management scales. The five tests included Beck Depression Scale, Beck Anxiety Scale, Beck Anger Inventory, Beck Disruptive Inventory, and Beck Self-Concept Inventory. These tests can be done individually or in combination for young people.

The most commonly used adolescent depression evaluation scale is Beck Depression Scale (BDI) (Myers and Winters 2002) (Chapter 4: Materials and Methods). In addition, the following rating scale is widely used for screening adolescent depression: Childhood Depression Scale (CDI), Epidemiological Research Center - Children's Depression Scale (CES - DC), Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale (RADS ) And the Hamilton Rating Decline Scale (HRSD) (Myers and Winters 2002)

The review of Beck Depression Scale - II (BDI - II) is the latest version of one of the most widely used depression evaluations, self - reporting measures the severity of depression in people over the age of 13 (Beck , Steer & Brown, 1996). - Inventory itself is a list of products that the company can sell to customers. What is inventory management? According to the definition of BusinessDictionary.com, "Inventory management is a policy, procedure, and technology to maintain the optimal quantity of each inventory item."

A pioneer of cognitive therapy Aaron T. Beck is an emeritus professor of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. His clinical depression theory is the basis of today's treatment and intervention. Beck created many scales and checklists to identify anxiety and depression, such as Beck Depression Scale and Beck Anxiety Scale. In addition, Baker collaborated with psychologist Dr. Maria Kovacs. Let's make a list of depressed children. Baker is the honorary president of the Baker Association for Cognitive Behavior Therapy and the honorary president of the Cognitive Therapeutics Institute.