The BDI can be used for agesto The inventory containsself-report items which individuals complete using multiple choice response formats Beck Depression Inventory. Please read each. group of statements carefully. Scoring: Scoring: Each of theitems corresponding to a symptom of The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) is widely used to screen for depression and to measure behavioral manifestations and severity of depression. Instructions: This questionnaire consists ofgroups of statements. Author: Meg