Beck Depression Inventory
E712637
The Beck Depression Inventory is a widely used self-report questionnaire developed by psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck to assess the presence and severity of depressive symptoms.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beck Depression Inventory canonical | 4 |
| Beck Depression Inventory-IA | 1 |
| Beck Depression Inventory-II | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8108465 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beck Depression Inventory Context triple: [Aaron T. Beck, knownFor, Beck Depression Inventory]
-
A.
MACH-IV questionnaire
The MACH-IV questionnaire is a psychological assessment tool designed to quantify an individual's level of Machiavellian traits such as manipulation, cynicism, and pragmatic morality.
-
B.
MDD
MDD is the standard abbreviation for the Murray–Darling Depression bioregion, a large arid to semi-arid landscape in southeastern Australia known for its unique ecosystems and significant river systems.
-
C.
Myers–Briggs Type Indicator
The Myers–Briggs Type Indicator is a widely used personality assessment tool that categorizes individuals into 16 distinct personality types based on their preferences in perception and decision-making.
-
D.
DSM-III-R
DSM-III-R is a revised edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual that updated and refined the diagnostic criteria for mental disorders in the late 1980s.
-
E.
DSM-5
DSM-5 is the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, serving as the primary reference for the classification and diagnosis of mental disorders.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beck Depression Inventory Target entity description: The Beck Depression Inventory is a widely used self-report questionnaire developed by psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck to assess the presence and severity of depressive symptoms.
-
A.
MACH-IV questionnaire
The MACH-IV questionnaire is a psychological assessment tool designed to quantify an individual's level of Machiavellian traits such as manipulation, cynicism, and pragmatic morality.
-
B.
MDD
MDD is the standard abbreviation for the Murray–Darling Depression bioregion, a large arid to semi-arid landscape in southeastern Australia known for its unique ecosystems and significant river systems.
-
C.
Myers–Briggs Type Indicator
The Myers–Briggs Type Indicator is a widely used personality assessment tool that categorizes individuals into 16 distinct personality types based on their preferences in perception and decision-making.
-
D.
DSM-III-R
DSM-III-R is a revised edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual that updated and refined the diagnostic criteria for mental disorders in the late 1980s.
-
E.
DSM-5
DSM-5 is the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, serving as the primary reference for the classification and diagnosis of mental disorders.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (72)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
depression rating scale
ⓘ
psychological assessment tool ⓘ self-report questionnaire ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| developer |
Aaron T. Beck
ⓘ
C. H. Ward ⓘ Erbaugh ⓘ Mendelson ⓘ Mock ⓘ |
| field |
clinical psychology
ⓘ
mental health ⓘ psychiatry ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
digital
ⓘ
paper-and-pencil ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
Arabic
ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Japanese ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
Beck Depression Inventory-IA
ⓘ
linked to:
Beck Depression Inventory
Beck Depression Inventory-II ⓘ
linked to:
Beck Depression Inventory
|
| interpretationCategory |
mild depression
ⓘ
minimal depression ⓘ moderate depression ⓘ severe depression ⓘ |
| isRevisionOf | Beck Depression Inventory ⓘ |
| isTrademarkOf |
Pearson Assessments
ⓘ
linked to:
Pearson
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
depression
ⓘ
depressive symptoms ⓘ |
| measures |
agitation
ⓘ
changes in appetite ⓘ changes in sleeping pattern ⓘ concentration difficulty ⓘ crying ⓘ guilty feelings ⓘ indecisiveness ⓘ irritability ⓘ loss of energy ⓘ loss of interest ⓘ loss of interest in sex ⓘ loss of pleasure ⓘ past failure ⓘ pessimism ⓘ sadness ⓘ self-criticalness ⓘ self-dislike ⓘ suicidal thoughts or wishes ⓘ tiredness or fatigue ⓘ worthlessness ⓘ |
| notForUseIn | very young children ⓘ |
| numberOfItems |
21
ⓘ
21 ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| purpose |
assessment of depression severity
ⓘ
screening for depressive symptoms ⓘ |
| requires | basic reading ability ⓘ |
| responseFormat | 4-point Likert-type scale ⓘ |
| scoreRange | 0–63 ⓘ |
| targetPopulation |
adolescents
ⓘ
adults ⓘ |
| timeFrameAssessed |
past two weeks
ⓘ
past two weeks ⓘ |
| typicalAdministrationTime | 5 to 10 minutes ⓘ |
| use |
clinical practice
ⓘ
epidemiological studies ⓘ research ⓘ treatment outcome monitoring ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Beck Depression Inventory Description of subject: The Beck Depression Inventory is a widely used self-report questionnaire developed by psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck to assess the presence and severity of depressive symptoms.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Beck Depression Inventory
linked to: Beck Depression Inventory
subject linked to:
Beck Depression Inventory