AWhat changed
Developed and reported initial clinical use of a 21-category depression severity inventory.
Scientific scope
The record is the exact five-author 1961 paper and the original inventory. It is not a standalone diagnosis; later BDI revisions, licensing, translations, cutoffs and population-specific validation remain separate.
Evidence
The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact five-author 1961 paper and the original inventory. It is not a standalone diagnosis; later BDI revisions, licensing, translations, cutoffs and population-specific validation remain separate.
Contributors
- A. T. Beck · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- C. H. Ward · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- M. Mendelson · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- J. Mock · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- J. Erbaugh · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
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