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Rating Scales Flashcards

1
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Is Beck’s Depression Inventory self-rated?

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Yes

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Is the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale clinician-rated?

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No - self-rated

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What is GHQ used for?

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First-level assessment in epidemiological studies before detailed schedules employed

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What is the purpose of GHQ?

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Screening tool to detect those likely to have or be at risk of developing a psychiatric disorder

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5
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Which diagnostic schedules can be used by trained primary care workers?

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Hopkins Symptom Check List

58 items

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6
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Who developed the Composite International Diagnostic Interview?

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WHO

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7
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Which diagnostic schedule uses both ICD and DSM?

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Composite International Diagnostic Interview

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What does Diagnostic Interview Schedule study?

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Lifetime DSM diagnosis initially, then current diagnosis

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9
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What does Hopkins symptoms check list measure?

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Neurotic symptom distress in OP

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What does present state examination do?

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Provides clinical diagnosis in line with ICD

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Aim of Schedule for Affective disorders and schizophrenia?

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Covers all major mental illness.

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12
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Which diagnostic schedule has a kids version?

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Schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia - Kiddie-SADs

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13
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Which diagnostic schedule has replaced the present state examination?

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Schedule for assessment in neuropsychiatry

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14
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Name some clinician-rated depression rating scales

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Hamilton depression scale

Montgomery-Asberg depression rating scale

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15
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Easiest scale to quantify depression severity?

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Visual analogue scale

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16
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How many items in Hamilton depression rating scale?

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17-21

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17
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How many items in the Montgomery-Asberg depression rating scale?

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10

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18
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How many items in Beck depression inventory?

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21

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19
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Max score in Beck depression inventory?

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63

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20
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Disadvantages of Beck Depression Inventory

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Lacks discriminatory power among severely ill

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21
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How many items in Zung Depression inventory?

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20

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Advantage of Zung Depression Inventory

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Avoids imbalance towards psychological factors such as Becks

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23
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When is depression rating scale appropriate for children?

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7 years

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24
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Name two depression rating scales for children

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Reynolds Child Depression Scale

Children’s Depression Inventory

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At what age can Becks Depression Inventory be used?

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14 +

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Which depression rating scale is NICE approved and has a parent version?

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Mood and Feelings Questionnaire

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Perinatal depression rating scales

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Becks Depression Inventory
Edinburgh Postnatal depression scale
Center for Epidemiological Studies - depression scale

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28
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Characteristics of Geriatric depression scale?

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Fewer somatic symptoms
Symptoms in past week
Yes/no answers

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29
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Depression rating scales for patients with cognitive deficits

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Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia - for caregiver

Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression

30
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Which depression rating scale is for use in hospital?

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Brief Assessment Schedule Depression cards - avoids patients being overhead - choose from a deck of 19 cards

31
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Depression rating scale for those with schizophrenia?

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Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia

32
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Score suggestive of dependence drinking in women and men in AUDIT?

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13 - women

15 - men

33
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Which alcohol questionnaire is recommended by WHO for primary care use?

34
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How many items does CIWA consist of?

35
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Which scale is used for DSM-based diagnosis in children?

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Diagnostic interview schedule for children

36
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Which rating scale is commonly used to assess ADHD?

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Conners Rating Scale

37
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Which rating scale is used to assess changes in cognitive function in anti-dementia drug trials?

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Alzheimers Disease Assessment scale

38
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What does BEHAVE-AD measure?

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Behavioural symptoms in patients with Alzheimers

39
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What does Neuropsychiatric Inventory measure?

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Records severity of associated behavioural symptoms in dementia over ten domains

40
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What does MOUSEPAD stand for?

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Manchester and Oxford Universities Scale for the Psychopathological Assessment of Dementia

41
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Who is MOUSEPAD administered to?

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To carers by clinicians

42
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What does Clifton assessment procedure for the elderly measure?

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Level of disability and estimate need for care

43
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How many items in Positive and Negative Symptoms Scale?

44
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Which eating disorder scale has high sensitivity

45
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Is Brief Psychiatric Rating scale self-report?

46
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Results of Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale?

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Hostility-suspiciousness
withdrawl-retardation
Thinking disturbance
Depression-anxiety
Activation
47
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What does SF-36 assess?

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Limitations on physical activities due to illness
Limitations in social activities
Limitations in role performance
Bodily pain
General mental distress and well-being
Limitations in role performance due to emotional problems
Vitality
General health perceptions
48
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What is the most widely used psych rating scale in the NHS?

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Health of the Nation Outcome scale

49
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Items in Health of the nation Outcome scale?

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12 measuring behaviour, impairment, symptoms and social functioning

50
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What is face validity?

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Subjective measure of deciding whether the test measures the construct of interest on its face value

51
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What is construct validity?

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Does the test measure the concept that its intended to measure

52
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What is content validity?

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Whether the test is representative of all aspects of the construct

53
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How can content validity be measured?

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Cannot be statistically tested

Experts called to comment

54
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What is criterion validity?

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Performance against an external criterion such as another instrument (concurrent) or future diagnostic possibility (predictive)

55
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What is concurrent validity?

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Ability of a test to distinguish between subjects who differ concurrently in other measures (other instruments)

56
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What is convergent validity?

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Agreement between instruments that measure some construct e.g. BDI and Hamilton for depression.
This agreement can be tested in contrast groups e.g. depressed and non-depressed

57
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What is discriminant validity?

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Degree of disagreement between two scales measuring different constructs

58
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What is the clinical approach to risk assessment?

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Clinicians subjective, intuitive judgement informed by experience and knowledge is used to estimate risk and decide treatment

59
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How many clinical judgements on risk have been fond to be correct?

60
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What does actuarial risk approach not tell you?

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Does not inform clinician about risk factors requiring targeting to minimize risk

61
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Problems of actuarial tools?

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Historical aspects given more importance
High false positive rates
Generalisation to another setting is difficult
Focused on static and stable factors

62
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Who created the Historical Clinical Risk HCR-20?

63
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What does HCR-20 consist of?

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10 historical items
5 Clinical
5 Risk management

64
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What is SARA?

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Spousal Assault Risk Assessment

65
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What is SVR-20?

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20-item scale for sexual violence risk

66
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What does Becks Hopelessness Scale consist of?

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20 True/false statements focused on pessimism and about the future

67
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Purpose of PCL-R (Hare)?

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Diagnose psychopathy, inform risk assessment and treatment decisions.

68
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How many items and score range in PCL-R?

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20 items

0-40 score range

69
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Cut off for diagnosis of psychopathy in PCL-R?

70
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Who is Static 99 used in?

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Male adult sex offenders at least 18 years of age at time of release into community

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