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THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN RETRACTED Depressive Illness in Teens and Preteens and Effectiveness of the RADS‐2 as a First‐Stage Assessment. Part 1: Descriptive Paper
Author(s) -
Weber Scott
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2009.00185.x
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , mood , clinical psychology , psychology , stage (stratigraphy) , scale (ratio) , construct (python library) , reliability (semiconductor) , psychiatry , medicine , computer science , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , biology , economics , macroeconomics , programming language
PROBLEM: Measurement of the characteristics and severity of depression in adolescence is an emerging science. During patient assessment, or if using first‐stage screening measures in practice, nurses must be confident that these instruments demonstrate high levels of accuracy in capturing the specific features of depressive symptoms expressed in diverse individuals. METHODS: A review of the scientific literature of depressive illness and its assessment in teens and preteens is presented. The Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale–Revised (RADS‐2) measure is introduced and evaluated from a nursing practice standpoint. FINDINGS: The RADS‐2 is easy to use and demonstrates good reliability, validity, and construct features, providing evidence for nurses that the measure can be used with confidence in assessment of depressive symptoms in adolescents. CONCLUSIONS: The RADS‐2 is an effective first‐stage assessment of depressive mood in teens and preteens.