Beck Depression Inventory – II (BDI-II)

Sadness: 0 = I do not feel sad; 1 = I feel sad much of the time; 2 = I am sad all the time; 3 = I am so sad or unhappy that I can't stand it.

Pessimism: 0 = I am not discouraged about my future; 1 = I feel more discouraged about my future than I used to be; 2 = I do not expect things to work out for me; 3 = I feel my future is hopeless and will only get worse.

Past Failure: 0 = I do not feel like a failure; 1 = I have failed more than I should have; 2 = As I look back, I see a lot of failures; 3 = I feel I am a total failure as a person.

Loss of Pleasure: 0 = I get as much pleasure as I ever did from the things I enjoy; 1 = I don't enjoy things as much as I used to; 2 = I get very little pleasure from the things I used to enjoy; 3 = I can't get any pleasure from the things I used to enjoy.

Guilty Feelings: 0 = I don't feel particularly guilty; 1 = I feel guilty over many things I have done or should have done; 2 = I feel guilty most of the time; 3 = I feel guilty all of the time.

Punishment Feelings: 0 = I don't feel I am being punished; 1 = I feel I may be punished; 2 = I expect to be punished; 3 = I feel I am being punished.

Self-Dislike: 0 = I feel the same about myself as ever; 1 = I have lost confidence in myself; 2 = I am disappointed in myself; 3 = I dislike myself.

Self-Criticalness: 0 = I don't criticize or blame myself more than usual; 1 = I am more critical of myself than I used to be; 2 = I criticize myself for all of my faults; 3 = I blame myself for everything bad that happens.

Suicidal Thoughts or Wishes: 0 = I don't have any thoughts of killing myself; 1 = I have thoughts of killing myself, but I would not carry them out; 2 = I would like to kill myself; 3 = I would kill myself if I had the chance.

Crying: 0 = I don't cry any more than I used to; 1 = I cry more than I used to; 2 = I cry over every little thing; 3 = I feel like crying, but I can't.

Agitation: 0 = I am not more restless or wound up than usual; 1 = I feel more restless or wound up than usual; 2 = I am so restless or agitated that it's hard to stay still; 3 = I am so restless or agitated that I have to keep moving or doing something.

Loss of Interest: 0 = I have not lost interest in other people or activities; 1 = I am less interested in other people or things than before; 2 = I have lost most of my interest in other people or things; 3 = It's hard to get interested in anything.

Indecisiveness: 0 = I make decisions about as well as ever; 1 = I find it more difficult to make decisions than usual; 2 = I have much greater difficulty in making decisions than I used to; 3 = I have trouble making any decisions.

Worthlessness: 0 = I do not feel I am worthless; 1 = I don't consider myself as worthwhile and useful as I used to; 2 = I feel more worthless as compared to other people; 3 = I feel utterly worthless.

Loss of Energy: 0 = I have as much energy as ever; 1 = I have less energy than I used to have; 2 = I don't have enough energy to do very much; 3 = I don't have enough energy to do anything.

Changes in Sleeping Pattern: 0 = I have not experienced any change in my sleeping pattern; 1a = I sleep somewhat more than usual; 1b = I sleep somewhat less than usual; 2a = I sleep a lot more than usual; 2b = I sleep a lot less than usual; 3a = I sleep most of the day; 3b = I wake up 1-2 hours early and can't get back to sleep.

Irritability: 0 = I am no more irritable than usual; 1 = I am more irritable than usual; 2 = I am much more irritable than usual; 3 = I am irritable all the time.

Changes in Appetite: 0 = I have not experienced any change in my appetite; 1a = My appetite is somewhat less than usual; 1b = My appetite is somewhat greater than usual; 2a = My appetite is much less than before; 2b = My appetite is much greater than usual; 3a = I have no appetite at all; 3b = I crave food all the time.

Concentration Difficulty: 0 = I can concentrate as well as ever; 1 = I can't concentrate as well as usual; 2 = It's hard to keep my mind on anything for very long; 3 = I find I can't concentrate on anything.

Tiredness or Fatigue: 0 = I am no more tired or fatigued than usual; 1 = I get more tired or fatigued more easily than usual; 2 = I am too tired or fatigued to do a lot of the things I used to do; 3 = I am too tired or fatigued to do most of the things I used to do.

Loss of Interest in Sex: 0 = I have not noticed any recent change in my interest in sex; 1 = I am less interested in sex than I used to be; 2 = I am much less interested in sex now; 3 = I have lost interest in sex completely.