title: Beck Depression Inventory-II items associated with self-reported symptoms of ADHD in adult psychiatric outpatients.
abstract: The Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II; Beck, Steer, & Brown, 1996) and the Conners' Adult ADHD Rating Scale-Self-Report: Screening Version (CAARS-S:SV; Conners, Erhardt, & Sparrow, 1999) were administered to 371 (64%) female and 204 (36%) male adult (> 18 years old) outpatients who were diagnosed with various psychiatric disorders to determine whether any of the 21 items or subsets of items in the BDI-II were related to symptoms of attention deficits and hyperactivity as measured by the CAARS-S:SV DSM-IV Total ADHD Symptoms scale (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder [ADHD] Symptoms). Stepwise multiple-regression analyses found that the BDI-II Concentration Difficulty explained 30% of the variance in these total scores. Ratings > 1 for the BDI-II Concentration Difficulty item were discussed as being useful for ruling out possible symptoms of ADHD.
authors.affiliation: School of Osteopathic Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Department of Psychiatry, Stratford, NJ 08084-1391, USA. steer@umdnj.edu
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Steer
authors.forename: William F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Ranieri
authors.forename: Geetha
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Aaron T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Beck
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003863:Depression / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D008875:Middle Aged; D010045:Outpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012647:Self-Assessment; D014481:United States