Adult Assessment Scales

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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 Assessment Scales

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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)