Columbia Depression Scale – Parent/Other Report

INSTRUCTIONS: Considering the child’s present state (last four weeks), please answer the following questions about the child as honestly as possible.
In the last four weeks ….

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1.Have she/he often seemed sad or depressed? *
2.Has it seemed like nothing was fun for her/him and she/he just wasn’t interested in anything? *
3.Has she/he often been grouchy or irritable and often in a bad mood, when even little things would make her/him mad? *
4.Has she/he lost weight, more than just a few pounds? *
5.Has it seemed like she/he lost her appetite or ate a lot less than usual? *
6.Has she/he gained a lot of weight, more than just a few pounds? *
7.Has it seemed like she/he felt much hungrier than usual or ate a lot more than usual? *
8.Has she/he had trouble sleeping – that is, trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking up too early? *
9.Has she/he slept more during the day that she/he usually does? *
10.Has she/he seemed to do things like walking or talking much more slowly than usual? *
11.Has she/he often seemed restless… like she/he just had to keep walking around? *
12.Has she/he seemed to have less energy than she/he usually does? *
13.Has doing even little things seemed to make her/him feel really tired? *
14.Has she/he often blamed her/himself for bad things that happened? *
15.Has she/he said she/he couldn’t think as clearly or as fast as usual? *
16.Has it seemed like she/he couldn’t think as clearly or as fast as usual? *
17.Has she/he often seemed to have trouble keeping her/his mind of her/his (schoolwork/work) or other things? *
18.Has it often seemed hard for her/him to make up her/his mind or to make decisions? *
19.Has she/he said she/he often thought about death or about people who had died or about being dead her/himself? *
20.Has she/he talked seriously about killing her/himself? *
21.Has she/he EVER, in her/his WHOLE LIFE, tried to kill her/himself or made a suicide attempt? *
22.Has she/he tried to kill herself in the last four weeks? *