IPT - A is an outpatient treatment designed for adolescents with mild to
moderate depression severity.
Not exact matches
These scores were further categorized into 4 levels of
depression severity: normal, less than 50; mild
depression, 50 to 59;
moderate to marked major
depression, 60 to 69; and severe or extreme major
depression, 70 or greater, according to the recommended cutoff.17 The outcome measure was further dichotomized into normal, less than 50, and depressed, 50 or greater, for ease of analysis.
These scores were further categorized into 4 levels of anxiety
severity: normal, less than 45; mild to
moderate, 45 to 59; marked to severe, 60 - 74; and extreme, 75 or greater, according to the recommended cutoff.16 The Self - rating
Depression Scale was a validated, standardized scale for assessing d
Depression Scale was a validated, standardized scale for assessing
depressiondepression.
In addition, the results suggest that MDD in fathers is associated with increased risk of
depression in offspring, but that it is limited to MDD episodes in offspring of
moderate or greater
severity.
Primary outcomes were the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS) 25,26 for PTSD symptoms and the Symptom Checklist
Depression Scale (SCL - 20) for depressive symptoms.27 The PDS (17 items) assesses
severity of PTSD symptoms over the prior 4 weeks with high internal consistency and test - retest reliability26; scores are summed and range from 0 to 51; scores of 10 or less are mild; 11 to 20,
moderate; 21 to 35,
moderate to severe; and at least 36, severe.