Diagnostic & Treatment Scales

ADULT ASSESSMENTS

• Recommended measures for symptoms

  • DSM-5 Self-Rated Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measures - Adult

• ADHD

  • Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS)

• Anxiety Disorders

  • Beck Anxiety Inventory
  • Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM-A)
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7
  • Panic and Agoraphobia Scale (PAS)
  • Severity Measure for Panic Disorder
  • Severity Measure for Generalized Anxiety Disorder - Adult

• Mood Disorders

  • Beck-Depression Inventory (BDI)
  • Quick Inventory of Depression Symptomatology (QIDS)
  • Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D)
  • Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
  • Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS)
  • The Mood Disorder Questionnaire
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Questionnaire
  • Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS)

• Psychotic Disorders

  • Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS)
  • Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS)
  • Extrapyramidal Symptom Rating Scale (ESRS) (not available in public domain)
  • Dyskinesia Identification System Condensed User Scale (DISCUS)
  • Clinician-Related Dimensions of Psychosis Symptom Severity (CRDPSS)

• PTSD

  • National Stressful Events Survey PTSD Short Scale (NSESSS)
  • Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5)

• Global Scales

  • Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF)
  • Clinical Global Impression (CGI)

• Disability Assessment

  • World Health Organization Disability Assessment Scale 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0)

• Substance Use

  • NIDA Drug Use Screening Tool: Quick Screen
  • Drug Abuse Screen Test (DAST-10)
  • Opioid Risk Tool

CHILD AND ADOLESCENT ASSESSMENTS

• Recommended measures of early childhood symptoms

  • Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) Ages 4-17 years
  • Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire or the Early Childhood Inventory (ECI) Ages 3-6 years
  • The Child /Adolescent Psychiatry Screen (CAPS)
  • Ages 4 to 11 years old: Home Situations Questionnaire (HSQ)
  • Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC)
  • DSM-5 Parent/Guardian Rated Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure - Child
  • DSM-5 Self-Rated Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure - Child

• ADHD

  • ADHD Rating Scale IV questionnaire
  • Conners 3 ADHD Index
  • Vanderbilt ADHD Diagnostic Teacher and Parent Rating Scales

• Aggression

  • Modified Overt Aggression Scale (MOAS)

• Anxiety Disorders

  • Self-Report for Childhood Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED)
  • Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS)
  • Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule (ADIS-IV) - Child and Parent Interview Schedules
  • Severity Measure for Generalized Anxiety Disorder - Child

• Autism

  • Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS-2)
  • Childhood Autism Spectrum Test (CAST)
  • Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ)
  • Social Responsiveness Scale 2 (SRS-2)
  • Autism Behavior Checklist (ABC)
  • Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC) - can use to assess medication responses
  • Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition (ADOS-2)
  • Autism Diagnostic Interview - Revised (ADI-R)
  • Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT)

• Mood Disorders

  • Child Mania Rating Scale - Parent Version (CMRS-P)
  • Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC)
  • Children's Depression Inventory 2 (CDI-2)
  • Patient Health Questionnaire - Modified for Teens (PHQ-9)
  • Affective Reactivity Index
  • Child Behavior Checklist
  • Severity Measure for Depression-Child

• Measuring Side Effects of Antipsychotic Medication

  • Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS)
  • Dyskinesia Identification System Condensed User Scale (DISCUS)
  • Extrapyramidal Symptom Rating Scale (ESRS) (not available in public domain)

• Psychiatric Symptomology

  • Kiddie-SADS-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL)

• Psychotic Disorders

  • Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale for Children (BPRS-C)

• PTSD

  • Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire - 2nd Revision (JVQ-R2) (by permission only)
  • Trauma History component of the University of California at Los Angeles Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Reaction Index (UCLA-PTSD RI)
  • Child PTSD Symptom Scale (CPSS)

• Sleep Disorders

  • The BEARS Sleep Screening Algorithm screens for major sleep disorders for ages 2 to 18 years
  • Sleep diaries - Link 1 Link 2
  • Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire

• Substance Use

  • The CRAFFT Screening Interview
  • Drug Use Questionnaire (DAST-20)