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The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale

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The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Revised (CESD-R)

Definition

The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale is a 20-item self-report measure of depressive symptoms, which was originally designed for use in community samples in epidemiological studies. The scale has since been validated as a screening tool for major depressive disorder (MDD) and been revised with the development of the CESD-R to capture the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) definition of MDD.

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The CES-D

The CES-D was developed in 1971 at the Center for Epidemiologic Studies of the National Institute of Mental Health (Radloff 1977). The CES-D was initially designed to assess depressive symptoms in community samples, with an emphasis on depressed mood. The items of the CES-D were selected from various existing depression scales, including the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI; Beck et al. 1961), Zung’s (1965) Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS),...

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  1. Department of Psychology, School of Health and Life Sciences, Federation University, Ballarat, VIC, Australia

    Beyon Miloyan

  2. Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    William W. Eaton

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  1. Population Division, UN Dept of Economic Social Affairs Population Division, New York, NY, USA

    Danan Gu

  2. School of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, USA

    Matthew E. Dupre

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  2. School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia

    Sharpley Hsieh

  3. Department of Psychology, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Sharpley Hsieh

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Miloyan, B., Eaton, W.W. (2019). The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale. In: Gu, D., Dupre, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_416-1

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