The CES-D as a Screen for Depression and Other Psychiatric Disorders in Adolescents

CAROL Z. GARRISON; CHERYL L. ADDY; KIRBY L. JACKSON; ROBERT E. McKEOWN; JENNIFER L. WALLER

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The CES-D as a Screen for Depression and Other Psychiatric Disorders in Adolescents

CAROL Z. GARRISON, CHERYL L. ADDY, KIRBY L. JACKSON, ROBERT E. McKEOWN, JENNIFER L. WALLER

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Abstract

The performance of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) as a screen for depression was explored in a two-stage epidemiological study of adolescents. The study consisted of a CES-D screening stage completed by a school sample of 2,465 young adolescents and a structured psychiatric interview stage completed by 332 mother-adolescent pairs. Adolescents with interview validated depression had elevated screening scores (X = 31.10, SD = 11.30) compared with individuals with no disorder (X = 21.01, SD = 11.77). Using receiver operating characteristic curves, a cut point of 12 for males produced the best overall screening characteristics (sensitivity = 0.85, specificity = 0.49), while for females, a cut point of 22 was optimal (sensitivity = 0.83, specificity = 0.77).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	636-641
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume	30
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199107000-00017
State	Published - 1991
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

adolescence
depression
depressive symptoms
psychiatric disorder
screening

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Psychiatry and Mental health

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