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Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)
Purpose: To assess behavioral and emotional problems in children. Scoring: The checklist contains over 100 items, scored based on frequency of behaviors, and used to generate profiles for various syndromes.
Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ)
Purpose: To measure the extent of autistic traits in adults. Scoring: Contains 50 items, each scored 1 or 0, with a maximum score of 50 indicating a higher level of autistic traits.
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
Purpose: To screen for excessive drinking and identify alcohol use disorders. Scoring: Consists of 10 questions with a scoring system that ranges from 0 to 40, with higher scores indicating a higher risk of alcohol use disorders.
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
Purpose: To measure the severity of depression. Scoring: Ranges from 0 to 63 with higher scores indicating more severe depressive symptoms.
Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS)
Purpose: To assess the level of depression for a patient. Scoring: The scale consists of 20 items, each scored on a scale of 1 to 4. The scores are summed and then index is calculated to assess depression.
ADHD Rating Scale (ADHD-RS)
Purpose: To evaluate the frequency of symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Scoring: The scale includes 18 items scored from 0 (none) to 3 (very often), with a higher total score indicating more severe ADHD symptoms.
Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS)
Purpose: To measure the symptom severity of patients with schizophrenia. Scoring: Consists of 30 items in three scales: positive, negative, and general psychopathology. Total score can range from 30 to 210.
Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D)
Purpose: To quantify the severity of symptoms of depression. Scoring: Total score is calculated by adding the scores for each of the 17 to 24 items, depending on the version.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD-7)
Purpose: To screen for and measure the severity of generalized anxiety disorder. Scoring: Scale ranges from 0 to 21, with higher scores indicating more severe anxiety.
Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN)
Purpose: To measure the severity of social anxiety disorder symptoms. Scoring: Contains 17 items, scored from 0 to 4, with higher scores indicating more severe symptoms.
Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)
Purpose: To screen for and measure cognitive impairment. Scoring: Maximum score is 30, with lower scores indicating more severe cognitive impairment.
Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS)
Purpose: To evaluate the severity of mania symptoms. Scoring: Includes 11 items, with a total score range from 0 to 60. Higher scores indicate more severe mania.
Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS)
Purpose: To measure the severity of depressive episodes. Scoring: Consists of 10 items, each scored on a scale of 0 to 6, with a total score ranging from 0 to 60.
Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26)
Purpose: To screen for risk factors associated with eating disorders. Scoring: Scored with a 6-point scale (0 to 3), with a total score above 20 suggesting a high level of concern.
Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)
Purpose: To screen for depression during the postnatal period. Scoring: Ten items scored on a scale from 0 to 3, with a total score ranging from 0 to 30. Higher scores indicate more severe symptoms of postnatal depression.
PHQ-9
Purpose: To screen, diagnose, monitor, and measure the severity of depression. Scoring: The 9 items are scored from 0 to 3, with a maximum total score of 27. Higher scores indicate more severe depression.
Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10)
Purpose: To measure psychological distress. Scoring: Ten items, each rated on a scale of 1 to 5, with total scores ranging from 10 to 50. Higher scores indicate greater distress.
Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)
Purpose: To assess depression in older adults. Scoring: Different versions with 15 or 30 items, scored Yes/No, with higher counts indicating more symptoms of depression.
Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) Scale
Purpose: To rate the social, occupational, and psychological functioning of adults. Scoring: Rated on a scale from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better functioning.
Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS)
Purpose: To measure involuntary movements associated with tardive dyskinesia. Scoring: Rated in 10 items from 0 (none) to 4 (severe), with higher scores indicating more severe movement abnormalities.
Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ)
Purpose: To screen for bipolar disorder. Scoring: Comprises 13 Yes/No questions with a scoring system that indicates the likelihood of bipolar disorder when a certain threshold is crossed.
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
Purpose: To measure the quality and patterns of sleep. Scoring: Consists of 19 individual items, creating 7 components that are each weighted equally on a 0-3 scale. Total score ranges from 0 to 21.
Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES)
Purpose: To evaluate individual self-esteem. Scoring: Comprises 10 items scored on a 4-point scale from strongly agree to strongly disagree. Scores range from 0 to 30 with lower scores indicating lower self-esteem.
HoNOS (Health of the Nation Outcome Scales)
Purpose: To measure the health and social functioning of people with severe mental illness. Scoring: Contains 12 scales, each scored from 0 (no problem) to 4 (severe problem), with total scores indicating overall impairment.
Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS)
Purpose: To assess the range of social interaction and performance situations feared by a person, to diagnose social anxiety disorder. Scoring: It is a 24-item scale, each item scored on fear and avoidance.
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