Rating scales

Question 1

Observer rating scales: dementia (4), schizophrenia (2), mani (2), depression (3) anxiety (1) OCD (1)

Answer 1

Dementia

• MMSE
• Clock drawing test
• CAMCOG
• ADAS-COG

schizophrenia

• bprs
• panns

Mania

• Bech-Rafaelson mania scale MAS
• young’s mania rating scale

Depression

• HAM-D17
• Melancholic scale MES
• Montgomery-Asberg depression scale MADRS

Anxiety
-HAM-A

OCD
-Y-BOCS

Question 2

Self rating scales anxiety and depression

Answer 2

MDI
BDI

Hopkins symptom checklist SCL 90
HAD scale

Question 3

Disability scales or health status scales

Answer 3

Medical outcomes study short form
EuroQoL
WhoQoL
Health of the nation outcome scales
General health questionnaire-screening for psychiatric comorbidity in the general population

Question 4

GAF

Answer 4

Global assessment of functioning

Question 5

Side effect scales

Answer 5

Simpson Angus rating scale
Barnes akathisia
Abnormal involuntary movement

Question 6

Rating scales in geriatrics- depression and behavioural symptoms

Answer 6

Depression

• geriatric depression scale self report
• Cornell scale for depression in dementia clinical administered
• HAM D
• MADRS

BEHAVIOURAL

• neuropsychiatric inventory
• BEHAVE-ED
• Manchester and oxford universities scale for the psycho pathological assessment of dementia MOUSEPAD
• Cohens Mansfield agitation inventory

Question 7

Rating scales in ADHD

Answer 7

Connors rating scale

Strengths and difficulties questionnaire

Question 8

Disadvantages of MMSE

Answer 8

Cannot detect mild cognitive impairments
Does not test frontal lobe
Sensitive to age, educational attainment and SES

Question 9

Components of Weschler intelligence test

Answer 9

1. Verbal IQ
Vocabulary
Similarities 
Arithmetic
Digit span
Information
Comprehension

2. Performance IQ
Picture completion
Digit symbol coding
Block design
Matrix reasoning
Picture arrangement