Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomology

Respond to two people, Kindra and Gabriel by comparing your assessment tool to theirs. 2 citations 2, references.

Kindra’s post : Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomology

Assessment tools are used frequently in mental health for a variety of reasons.  These important tools can be used to screen for the presence of mental health disorders, aid in formulating diagnoses, and to assess for severity of mental health symptoms (Psychological Assessment Tools for Mental Health, 2020).

I found this to be an interesting and useful assessment tool used to essentially evaluate the severity of depressive symptoms (“Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology”, 2020).  There is a 30-item inventory, and the one in which this discussion post will focus on is the 16-item inventory, or otherwise known as the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology.  This assessment tool can also be used to screen for depression, but the main purpose is to assess severity according to criteria put forth by the American Psychiatry Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders –5th edition to aid in diagnosis of major depressive disorder (“Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology”, 2020).  This inventory assesses nine different criteria for depression.