Beck Anxiety Inventory

Assess the severity of the work-related distress and disability. There is a wide range of formal psychometric tests available to assist in this process. Indeed, a whole industry has developed around the production of occupational and clinical assessment measures. It is recommended that self-report measures are used to measure stress, since the individual s appraisal of their situation is of primary importance in the stress reaction. Some of the most frequently used measures of distress include measures of anxiety such as the Beck Anxiety Inventory (Beck et al. 

He also completed three standardized self-report scales before and after therapy. He initially scored 28/63 (moderate depression) on the Beck Depression Inventory and 19/63 (mild anxiety) on the Beck Anxiety. Inventory (Beck and Steer 1987). The Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (Weissman 1979) aims to measure beliefs that predispose to depression (e.g. black or white thinking and perfectionism). His score of 187/240 before CBT was above the typical mean for both controls (113) and depressed individuals (147). 

His Beck Depression Inventory score fell from 28 to 13/63 (not clinically depressed) and his Beck Anxiety Inventory score from 19 to 4/63 (not anxious). His rating on the Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale had dropped from 187 to 155/256, including an important shift in the belief If I do not do well all the time, people will not respect me from 7 ( totally agree ) to 3 ( agree slightly ). 

Blood phenylalanine concentrations do not accurately reflect brain phenylalanine concentrations therefore, monitoring blood phenylalanine in patients on LNAA therapy is not useful. However, despite little or no change in blood phenylalanine concentrations, individuals with PKU on LNAA therapy have shown improved behavior and cognitive benefits [25, 26]. Qualitative changes in behavior and cognitive health can be assessed using behavioral assessment tools [37], Standard questionnaires such as the Beck Depression Inventory and Beck Anxiety Inventory [38] are ideally administered before a new therapy is initiated and periodically thereafter. 

Beck Depression Inventory. The Beck Depression Inventory (Beck) test may be used to measure the depth of depression as a rapid screen for depressed patients. It is a self-rating scale of 21 items (13 in a shortened form), with each item rated on a four-point scale. It measures the immediate present and has been used in antidepressant medicine trials. The original 21-item scale can be completed in about 10 minutes and the test is able to discriminate between anxiety and depression. No subtests are present in the Beck. 

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Beck, A. T., Epstein, N., Brown, G.,. Steer, R. A. (1988). An inventory for measuring clinical anxiety Psychometric properties. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 56, 893-897. 

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