BDI – II

Name: ______________________________________ Sex: ____

Birthdate: _______________________ Date of Testing: _______________

Instructions: This questionnaire consists of 21 groups of statements. Please read each group of
statements carefully. Select one statement that best describes the way you have been feeling in the
past two (2) weeks, including today. Encircle the letter beside the statement that you selected.

Item 1
A I do not feel sad
B I feel sad much of the time
C I am sad all the time
D I am so sad or unhappy that I can’t stand it

Item 2
A I am not discouraged about my future
B I feel more discouraged about my future than I used to
C I do not expect things to work out for me
D I feel my future is hopeless and will only get worse.

Item 3
A I do not feel like a failure
B I have failed more than I should have
C As I look back, I see a lot of failures
D I feel I am a total failure as a person

Item 4
A I get as much pleasure as I ever did from the things I enjoy
B I don’t enjoy things as much as I used to
C I get very little pleasure from the things I used to enjoy
D I can’t get any pleasure form the things I used to enjoy

Item 5
A I don’t feel particularly guilty
B I feel guilty over many things I have done or should have done
C I feel quite guilty most of the time
D I feel guilty all of the time

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Item 6
A I don’t feel I am being punished
B I feel I may be punished
C I expect to be punished
D I feel I am being punished

Item 7
A I feel the same about myself as ever.
B I have lost confidence in myself
C I am disappointed in myself
D I dislike myself

Item 8
A I don’t criticize or blame myself more than usual
B I am more critical of myself than I used to be
C I criticize myself for all of my faults
D I blame myself for everything bad that happens

Item 9
A I don’t have any thoughts of killing myself
B I have thoughts of killing myself, but I would not do it.
C I would like to kill myself
D I would kill myself if I had the chance

Item 10
A I don’t cry anymore than I used to
B I cry more than I used to
C I cry over every little thing
D I feel like crying but I can’t

Item 11
A I am no more restless or wound up than usual
B I feel more restless or wound up than usual
C I am so restless or agitated, its hard to stay still.
D I am so restless or agitated that I have to keep moving or do something

Item 12
A I have not lost interest in other people or activities
B I am less interested in other people or things than before
C I have lost most of my interest in other people or things
D It is hard to get interested in anything

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Item 13
A I make decisions about as well as ever
B I find it more difficult to make decisions than usual
C I have much greater difficulty in making decisions than I used to
D I have trouble making any decisions

Item 14
A I do not feel I am worthless
B I do not consider myself as worthy and useful as I used to
C I feel more worthless as compared to others
D I feel utterly worthless

Item 15
A I have as much as energy as ever
B I have less energy than I used to have
C I don’t have enough energy to do very much
D I don’t have enough energy to do anything

Item 16
A I have not experienced any change in my sleeping
B* I sleep somewhat more than usual
C** I sleep somewhat less than usual
D* I sleep a lot more than usual
E** I sleep a lot less than usual
F* I sleep most of the day
G** I wake up 1-2 hours early and can’t get back to sleep

Item 17
A I am not more irritable than usual
B I am more irritable than usual
C I am much more irritable than usual
D I am irritable all of the time

Item 18
A I have not experienced any change in my appetite
B* My appetite is somewhat less than usual
C** My appetite is somewhat greater than usual
D* My appetite is much less than before
E** My appetite is much greater than usual
F* I have no appetite at all
G** I crave food all the time.

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Item 19
A I can concentrate as well as ever
B I cannot concentrate as well as usual
C It is hard to keep my mind on anything for very long
D I find it hard to concentrate on anything

Item 20
A I am no more tired or fatigued than usual
B I get more tired or fatigued more easily than usual
C I am too tired or fatigued to do a lot of things I used to do
D I am too tired or fatigued to do most of the things I used to do

Item 21
A I have not noticed any recent change in my interest in sex
B I am less interested in sex than I used to be
C I am much less interested in sex now
D I have lost interest in sex completely

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 BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY 2ND EDITION (BDI – II)
It is an instrument used to assess the severity of depression of adolescents and adults with age of 13
years old and above. It was designed to act as an indicator of depressive symptoms based on diagnostic
criteria in the DSM-IV.

Administration, Scoring and Interpretation

It is a paper and pencil questionnaire which can be self-administered or presented orally. Clients usually
complete this within 5 – 10 minutes.

Scoring for the test is as follows (except for Items 16 and 18):
A = 0 point
B = 1 point
C = 2 points
D = 3 points

Scoring for Items 16 and 18 is as follows:

Add the score for each of the 21 questions by counting the number to the right of each question you
marked. The highest possible total for the whole test would be 63 and lowest possible score would be
zero. You can evaluate depression according to the table below.

TOTAL SCORE LEVEL OF DEPRESSION