User:Ongmianli/General Behavior Inventory

The General Behavior Inventory (GBI), created by Depue and associates, is a 73-question multiple-choice self-report inventory. The GBI is widely acknowledged as a major tools in decision making in diagnosing affective disorders.

First paragraph

• What are its acronyms?
• Who was it created by?
• How many questions are inside? Is it multiple choice?
• What has been its impact on the clinical world in general?
• Remember to cite!

Second paragraph

• Who is it designed for, and what do the items measure?
• Who uses it? Clinicians? Researchers? What settings?
• Remember to cite!

Development and history

First paragraph

• Why was this instrument developed? Why was there a need to do so? What need did it meet?
• Remember to cite!

Second paragraph

• What was the theoretical background behind this assessment? (e.g. addresses importance of 'negative cognitions', such as intrusions, inaccurate, sustained thoughts)
• Remember to type it in 'plain English'!
• Remember to cite!

Third paragraph

• How was the scale developed? What was the theoretical background behind it?
• Give an example that can be cited in an article.
• Remember to cite!

Fourth paragraph

• How did the development of the article reflect itself in its structure? For instance, "I feel abnormally happy" to reflect manic highs, etc.
• How are these questions reflected in applications to theories, such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)?

Fifth paragraph

• If there were previous versions, when were they published?
• How many questions were there? How many answer choices were there?
• List an example of a question.
• How are cutoffs measured? How does each range of score indicate increased/decreased risk?
• Remember to cite whatever you read!

Sixth paragraphs and other subsections

• If there are more versions of the assessment, repeat and briefly discuss changes
• Discuss the theoretical ideas behind the changes

Psychometrics

• What is the reliability and validity of the assessment?

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Impact

• What was the impact of this assessment? How did it affect assessment in psychiatry, psychology and health care professionals?
• What can the assessment be used for in clinical settings? Can it be used to measure symptoms longitudinally? Developmentally?
• How widely has it been used? Has it been translated into different languages? Which languages?

Limitations

• If self report, what are usual limitations of self-report?
• If biological measure, what are those limitations?
• Might it overlap with patients who have concomitant physical illnesses? If so, has there been any assessment developed by the developers to address this deficit? How has it helped?
• Has this tool been used as a diagnostic tool? Is this a problem in primary healthcare?
• State the status of this assessment (is it copyrighted? If free, link to it).

See also

Here, it would be good to link to any related articles on Wikipedia. As we create more assessment pages, this should grow.

For instance:

• Pediatric bipolar disorder

External links

• Publisher's page

Example page

• BDI