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!

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?

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).

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