RATING SCALES

Question 1

SELF RATE SCALES

Answer 1

1) BDI (Beck depression inventory)
2) GHQ (General health questionnaire)
3) GDS (geriatric depression scale)
4) ZSRDS (Zung self rated depression scale)
5) HAD (Hospital Anxiety depression scale)
6) EPDS (Edinburgh postnatal major depression scale)

Question 2

GHQ- General health questionnaire

Answer 2

identifies pscyhiatric caseness

Question 3

What is Caseness?

Answer 3

The condition or fact of meeting the diagnostic criteria for a psychiatric disorder.

Question 4

scales used in depression

Answer 4

1) HAMD (Hamilton depression rating scale)
2) MADRS(Montgomery-Asberg depression rating scale
3) GDS (Geriatric depression scale)
4) ZSRDS (Zung self rated depression scale)
5) BDI (Beck depression inventory)

Question 5

HAMD (Hamilton depression rating scale)

Answer 5

• multiple choice
• 17-21 questions
  scored between 3-5 points
• 17 item ones most commonly used- scores out of 54
  scores more than 24 = severe depression

Question 6

MADRS (Montgomery-Asberg depression rating scale)

Answer 6

• 10- item DIAGNOSTIC questionnaire
• measures the severity of depressive episodes
• sensitive to the changes brought by antidepressants

Question 7

ZSRDS (Zung self rated depression scale)

Answer 7

• to assess severity of depression

- 20 items- scored 1-4

Question 8

BDI (Beck depression inventory)

Answer 8

assess the severity of depression
- 21 items-
29-63= severe depression

Question 9

GDS (geriatric depression scale)

Answer 9

• 30 item self reported scale for elderly

20-30= severe depression

Question 10

YMRS

Answer 10

• Young mania rating scale

- Scale used in Mania

Question 11

HAMA- Anxiety

Answer 11

• Hamilton anxiety rating scale

- measures the severity of anxiety

Question 12

Y-BOCS- OCD

Answer 12

• Yale-Brown Obsessive compulsive scale

- measures severity of OCD and response to Rx.

Question 13

BPRS

Answer 13

• Brief psychiatric rating scale)
• rating scale for schizophrenia
• psychotic and affective symptoms

Question 14

PANSS

Answer 14

• Positive and negative syndrome scale)
• scale for schizophrenia
• looks at Sx from last week.

Question 15

scales used in Schizophrenia

Answer 15

BPRS (Brief psychiatric rating scale)

PANSS (Positive and negative syndrome scale)

Question 16

General scales

Answer 16

GAF (Global assessment of functioning)

CGI (Clinical Global Impression)

Question 17

GAF (Global assessment functioning)

Answer 17

• general scale
• axis V of DSM- IV
• single measure of global functioning
• takes 3 mins to complete
• requires psychological and occupational functioning only

Question 18

CGI (Clinical Global impressions)

Answer 18

The CGI is a scale that requires the clinician to rate the severity of the patient’s illness at the time of assessment, relative to the clinician’s past experience with patients who have the same diagnosis.

Question 19

Medications side effect scales

Answer 19

SAS
AIMS
LUNSERS

Question 20

Clinician rated

scales

Answer 20

BPRS (Brief psychiatric rating scale)
MADRS (Montgomery-Asberg depression rating scale)
HAMD (Hamilton depression rating scale)
HAMA (Hamilton anxiety rating scale)
PANSS (Positive and negative syndrome scale)
CGI (Clinical global impression)
AIMS (Abnormal involuntary movement scale)
Y-BOCS (Yale-Brown Obsessive compulsive scale)
YMRS (Young mania rating scale)
GAF (Global assessment of functioning)
SAS (Simpson-Angus scale)
CAMDEX (Cambridge Mental Disorders of the Elderly Examination)
Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia
Brief Assessment Schedule Depression Cards (BASDEC)