Motor and depression inventory score differences and method of clinical diagnosis in adolescents

J. J. Gruber, J. W. Hall, L. L. Humphries, S. E. McKay, R. J. Kryscio

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Abstract

The ability of self-report depression scales and motor proficiency measures to differentiate among diagnostic categories of depressive illness was examined in 25 clinically depressed adolescents in a hospital setting. The patients were diagnosed as having either an affective disorder involving depression or suffering from a major depressive illness based on three different procedures, each independent of the other: (a) DSM-III criteria, (b) Urinary MHPG excretion, and (c) the Dexamethasone Suppression Test, The Zung, Beck Hamilton depression scales, and the Depression scale of the MHPI, the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency and the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Inventory were administered to the patients by trained professionals. Results indicate that (a) patients in the different disease categories according to DSM-III criteria did not score differently on any of the self-report scales while the more severely depressed scored higher on one of the Bruininks motor scale - which is the opposite of what one would expect; (b) patients in the different disease categories according to the urinary MHPG criteria did not score differently on any of the motor measures and self-report data was inconclusive; and (c) self-report depression scales did not discriminate among patient categories defined by the Dexamethasone Suppression Test; however, three of the four motor proficiency batteries were effective discriminators with those suffering biologically linked major depressive episodes scoring less than those in the reactive depression category.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)74-78
Number of pages5
JournalClinical Kinesiology
Volume42
Issue number3
StatePublished - 1988

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
  • Rehabilitation

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