This book is intended to guide clinicians and researchers in choosing practical tools relevant for clinical assessment, intervention, and/or research in this area. It contains over 90 reviews of measures of depression and depression-related constructs. It provides summary tables comparing and contrasting different instruments in terms of their time requirements, suitability, costs, administration, reliability, and validity, and sample copies of 25 instruments in the public domain.

Series Preface. Preface. Section I: Guide to Volume I: Depression. 1. Introduction. 2. Overview of Depression. 3. A 10-Step Guide to Selecting Assessment Measures in Clinical and Research Settings; C. Maguth Nezu, A.M. Nezu, S.L. Foster. Section II: Assessment Instruments. 4. Measures of Depression, Depressive Symptomatology, and Depressive Mood. 5. Measures of Depression: Special Populations. 6. Measures of Depression-Related Constructs. Section III: Quick-View Guides. 4. Measures: Depression, Depressive Symptomatology, and Depressive Mood. 5. Measures: Special Population. 6. Measures: Depression-Related Constructs. References. Appendices. Glossary of Terms; S.L. Foster, A.M. Nezu. Reprinted Measures. Index.