CCMH 547 Wk 5 Discussion – Beck Depression Inventory

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.

Due Thursday

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

The Beck Depression Inventory and other brief assessments of symptoms have their uses and limitations. How can a brief assessment be used repeatedly during the course of treatment? How can the issues of practice effects and other factors related to repeating testing be addressed to get the most utility out of the test?

Due Monday

Reply to at least 2 of your classmates. Be constructive and professional in your responses.

Guidance: The skillset involved in assessment requires evidence of critical thinking.

• Critical thinkers use their own angle, rather than repeating the text or what everyone else says.

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• Critical thinkers understand biased thinking and can identify it in themselves and others
• Critical thinkers give specific feedback, rather than feeback that would be appropriate in a yearbook.
• Critical thinkers are also able to suggest improvements to each other.
• Critical thinkers give credit to colleagues and credit to sources.
• Critical thinkers take what they learn from the content of the class, but shape it to reflect a product that comes from their own thinking and experience.

You will also notice in the discussion rubric that you need to include outside sourThces and include a citation to give credit to your source. If there is not at least one such citation in either your initial post or a reply, you will be marked down.