The Beck Depression Inventory-Two's Objective Personality Analysis

The Beck Depression Inventory-II takes something like 10 minutes to complete. The BDI-II, is a very popular objective personality test. It asks clients to rate 21 questions on a scale from 0 to 3 based on the depressive symptoms they have had during the preceding two weeks. After completing all the questions, individuals can obtain and interpret their score. Scores are obtained by adding up the total points from the series of answers and are interpreted as follows. A score of 0 to 13 means no or minimal depression. A score of 14 to 19 means mild depression. A score of 20 to 28 means moderate depression. A score of 29 to 63 (max) means severe depression. Furthermore, a score below a 4 could mean an individual is possibly faking.