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Clinical Scales
BPRS Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale
March 19, 2021
The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) is a tool clinicians or researchers use to measure psychiatric symptoms such as anxiety, depression, and psychoses.
AIMS Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale
April 01, 2019
This video will help clinicians detect tardive dyskinesia and movement disorders in patients taking antipsychotic drugs.
Mood Disorder Scale (MDQ)
August 04, 2014
The MDQ, developed by Dr Robert M.A. Hirschfeld and colleagues, is a screening instrument for bipolar disorder. It includes 13 yes/no questions about bipolar symptoms and two additional questions about symptom co-occurrence and impaired functioning.
MDI
April 26, 2013
Geriatric Depression Scale, including GDS-S and GDS-L
April 26, 2013
GAD-7
April 26, 2013
Clinical Global Impressions scale - CGI
April 26, 2013
Autism Scales - CHAT
April 26, 2013
HAM-D Hamilton Depression Rating Scale
April 12, 2013
This smartphone-friendly version of the HAM-D (Hamilton Depression Rating Scale) measures levels of depression and probes the severity of symptoms, such as mood, guilt, suicidal thoughts, sleep, and anxiety.
Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale (BSDS)
April 11, 2013
This iPhone and Android-friendly Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale (BSDS) is found most helpful in detecting not only severe cases of bipolar disorder but also patients who fall into the “softer” end of the bipolar spectrum.
VADPRS (Vanderbilt ADHD Diagnostic Parent Rating Scale) and VADTRS (Vanderbilt ADHD Diagnostic Teacher Rating Scale)
April 03, 2013
This mobile-friendly Vanderbilt ADHD Rating Scale follows closely the criteria set forth in DSM-IV and has been customized to make smartphone observations in the office and treatment environments.
HAM-A Hamilton Anxiety Scale
April 02, 2013
Developed by M.Hamilton, this widely-used interview scale measures the severity of a patient's anxiety, based on 14 parameters, including anxious mood, tension, fears, insomnia, somatic complaints and behavior at the interview.