Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC)

Proactiff Digital Healthcare Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC) is a 20-item self-report depression inventory to assess for depressive symptoms in children, adolescents, and young adultsages 6-23 and measures depressive symptoms severity in the general population. The CES-DC app is widely used for depression screening.

This depression screening tool evaluates the children and adolescents who exhibit depressive symptoms but who do not screen positive. The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC) is a modified version of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. This measure assesses both depressive symptoms as well as symptom improvement in a wide range of children and adolescents.

The CES-DC depression screening tool demonstrates good psychometric properties for clinical screening and evaluation and is considered for use in low-resource settings. The screening app identifies depression like mood disorders and symptoms of depression. For example, persistent irritability / anger describe the cycle of social withdrawal and isolation.

This screening is not a replacement of a visit to your child’s doctor, no matter what the outcome of this screening is.

This app is Primary healthcare application and is categorized as Depression / Mood disorder tool.