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Beck Depression Inventory-2 Paper

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The data collecting will be through informal and formal procedures. The informal data collecting strategies will be through observations, documenting information, videotaping/voice recording focus group sessions. For the formal data collecting strategies, the Beck Depression Inventory-2 (BDI-II) will be used to identify and assess the depressive symptoms experienced by the clients. The BDI-II is a 21-item self-report assessment that is intended to measure the severity of the client’s depression. The reliability of the assessment is that it has been used for over 35 years and has been stated to be highly reliable (Beck, Steer, & Brown, 1996). Another formal data collecting strategy would be an open-ended questionnaire created by the agency asking

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