Presenter(s)

• Nathan Jones, University of Kansas
• Christopher Niileksela, Assistant Professor, University of Kansas

Abstract

Learn how weighting depressive symptoms can contribute to the validity of diagnosing depression. This poster may be useful for any clinicians who diagnose depression as it discusses which symptoms contribute the most and contribute the least to a diagnosis. Overall, this poster provides evidence that not all symptoms of depression contribute equally, and that several participants had higher levels of depression than those who met the DSM criteria for depression despite not meeting the criteria themselves.