Assessing Depression and Suicidality in Asian-Americans

Abstract

The goal of this chapter is to identify and review the most frequently used assessment measures of depression and suicidality among Asian- Americans. When research with Asian-Americans was not available, we reviewed research with Asian samples, which may be particularly relevant for first generation Asian-Americans. Along with providing information about the reliability, validity, and utility of each measure, we discuss their strengths and weaknesses and provide norms and cut-off scores when available. The measures that we identified based on a thorough review of the depression and suicide research literature with Asian-Americans include the Center for Epidemiological Studies—Depression, Beck Depression Inventory, Geriatric Depression Scale, Hamilton Rating Scale of Depression, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, and Zung Self- Rating Depression Scale. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)