Psychiatric rating scales

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Clinicians should use standardized psychiatric rating scales to rate response objectively. The four-item Positive Symptom Rating Scale and the Brief Negative Symptom Assessment are scales that are brief enough to be useful in the outpatient setting. 

Derogatis, L. R., Lipman, R. S., Covi, L. (1973). SCL-90 An outpatient psychiatric rating scale — preliminary report. Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 9, 13-28. 

Beck Depression Inventory (Beck) 3. Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) X X... 

Sandoz Clinical Assessment-Geriatric. The Sandoz Clinical Assessment-Geriatric (SCAG) test measures 18 individual symptoms plus a global rating using a seven-point scale similar to those used in the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. It measures the present period or that within the last week, requires about 10 to 15 minutes to complete, and does not contain subtests. 

Children s Diagnostic Classification. Children s Diagnostic Classification (CDC) test may be used instead of the Children s Psychiatric Rating Scale (CPRS) to arrive at a diagnosis. This differs from the CPRS in that it is highly directed and leads the observer to a diagnosis. It rates the current status of the child and may be used at pretreatment and/or the termination of the clinical trial. 

Children s Psychiatric Rating Scale. The CPRS is a comprehensive scale to assess a wide range of psychopathologies in children up to age 15. It contains 63 items, with a seven-point scale derived from the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS). This test rates 28 items by direct observation of the child, based on behavior... 

Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS-C) tion and interview ... 

Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale-Children s version Public domain. Psychopharmacology Bulletin 1985 21(4)... 

Children s Psychiatric Rating Scale (CPRS) (Fish, 1985) Symptoms ratings based on severity/degree of abnormality Good coverage of schizophrenic symptoms Interviewer rating Child Up to 15... 

Fish, B. (1985) Children s Psychiatric Rating Scale. Psychopharmacol Bull 11 753-765. 

Note. B-A-B = off-on-off BMS = Bipolar Manic Scale BPRS = Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (Overall and Gorham 1962) BRMS = Bech-Raefelson Mania Scale (Bech et ah 1979) Bunney-Hamburg = Bunney-Hamburg Rating Scale (Bunney and Hamburg 1963) ... 

Most psychiatric rating scales only cover pathologically orientated items and, in the event of clinical improvement, merely indicate reduction in pathology or. in the best case, normalization. What they do not record are positive, desirable forms of behavior that are also present or can supplant pathological characteristics in the course of therapy. 

The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS Overall and Gorham, 1962) is an 18-item rating instrument covering a wide range of psychopathology. Ratings are... 

FIG. 5-3. Effects of neuroleptics on thought disorder and behavioral symptoms of schizophrenia. BPRS, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale TDI, Thought Disorder Index. (From Davis JM, Barter JT, Kane JM. Antipsychotic drugs. In Kaplan HI, Sadock BJ, eds. Comprehensive textbook of psychiatry, 5th ed. Baltimore Williams Wilkins, 1989 1604, with permission.)... 

FIG. 5-11. Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) change scores in relationship to trifluoperazine plasma levels. (From Janicak PG, Javaid Jl, Sharma RP, et al. Trifluoperazine plasma levels and clinical response. J Clin Psychopharmacol 1989 9 340-346, with permission.)... 

Three terms beginning with the letter R are used to describe the improvement of a depressed patient after treatment with an antidepressant, namely response, remission, and recovery. The term response generally means that a depressed patient has experienced at least a 50% reduction in symptoms as assessed on a standard psychiatric rating scale such as the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (Fig. 5—2). This also generally corresponds to a global clinical rating of the patient as much improved or very much improved. Remission, on the other hand, is the term used when essentially all symptoms go away, not just 50% of them (Fig. 5-3). The patient is not better the patient is actually well. If this lasts for 6 to 12 months, remission is then considered to be recovery (Fig. 5—3). 

Dementia sum of boxes), and agitation and hostility/sus-picion (Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale). Other adverse effects in those who took prednisone were reduced bone density and a small rise in intraocular pressure. 

Abbrevations CGI, Clinical Global Impressions scale SCZ, schizophrenia GAS, Global SczAD (schizoaffective disorder) PANNS, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale BPRS, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale SANS, Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms. 

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