Short communicationComparing the BDI-II and the PHQ-9 with outpatient substance abusers☆
Section snippets
Design and setting
This study used data from clients who voluntarily sought treatment at the Guided Self-Change (GSC) clinic at the Nova Southeastern University Psychology Services Center in South Florida. The GSC treatment model is an evidence based brief cognitive-behavioral motivational intervention that has been extensively evaluated and described in detail elsewhere (Sobell and Sobell, 1993, Sobell and Sobell, 2005). Because the GSC intervention is brief and motivational, it primarily provides services to
Results
As can be seen in Table 1 and as was expected, there were some notable differences between the substance use variables between the alcohol and drug abusers. Scores on the AUDIT and DAST-10 support group membership of substance abuse. In addition, low mean number of substance use, arrests, and hospitalizations supports that these participants' were not severely dependent.
After using the Bonferroni adjustment to maintain the family wise error rate at a .05 level, an independent t-test analysis
Discussion
The present study found that both the BDI-II and the PHQ-9 have good internal consistency with outpatient alcohol and drug abusers. These findings parallel with the results of other clinical populations (i.e., mood and anxiety disorders, health problems; Arnau et al., 2001, Buckely et al., 2001, Kroenke et al., 2001, Steer and Ball, 1999, Steer and Ball, 1999). The exploratory factor analysis for the BDI-II yielded a 3-factor structure (somatic, cognition, and affective). These results are also
References (22)
- et al.
The Alcohol Use Disorder and Associated Disabilities Interview Schedule-IV (AUDADIS-IV): Reliability of alcohol consumption, tobacco use, family history of depression and psychiatric diagnostic modules in a general population sample
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
(2003) The drug abuse screening test
Addictive behaviors
(1982)- et al.
The comorbidity of alcoholism with anxiety and depressive disorders in four geographic communities
Comprehensive Psychiatry
(1998) Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
(1994)Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
(2004)- et al.
Psychometric evaluation of the Beck Depression Inventory-II with primary care medical patients
Health Psychology
(2001) - et al.
Beck depression inventory manual
(1996) - et al.
A psychometric evaluation of the BDI-II in treatment-seeking substance abusers
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
(2001) - et al.
The AUDIT questionnaire: Choosing a cut-off score
Addiction
(1995) - et al.
A psychometric evaluation of the Beck Depression Inventory-II
Psychological Assessment
(1988)
Substance abuse in the elderly
Cited by (102)
Principal component regression analysis of familial psychiatric histories and suicide risk factors among adults with opioid use disorder
2023, Journal of Psychiatric ResearchInterpreting ambiguous situations: The role of loneliness
2022, Personality and Individual DifferencesLatent trajectories of anxiety and depressive symptoms among adults in early treatment for nonmedical opioid use
2022, Journal of Affective Disorders
- ☆
Portions of this paper were presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association at New Orland, LA, August 2006.