Psychiatric Status Rating Scales - Standards
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Validation of the Armenian Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) among ethnic Armenians in Lebanon.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: The aim of this paper is to report on the Armenian version of the 20-item Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (Armenian CES-D) and its validity and reliability when administered to a community sample of ethnic Armenians ... Read more...

Validity and reliability of the Hamilton depression rating scale (5 items) for manic and mixed bipolar disorders.

30 Aug 2009 Depressive symptoms during mania have prognostic value in bipolar disorder. For depressive symptoms, it has been proposed that shorter scales should be cost-effective and practical. To determine the usefulness of 5-item Hamilton Depression Rating ... Read more...

[Discriminatory validity and association of the mini-mental test (MMSE) and the memory alteration test (M@T) with a neuropsychological battery in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease]

30 Jul 2009 AIMS: To establish the discriminatory validity of the mini-mental test (MMSE) and the memory alteration test (M@T) for the diagnosis of amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) and probable Alzheimer's disease (AD), and also to study the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Psychiatric Status Rating Scales - Standards'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Validation of the Armenian Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) among ethnic Armenians in Lebanon. 30 Aug 2009
• Validity and reliability of the Hamilton depression rating scale (5 items) for manic and mixed bipolar disorders. 30 Aug 2009
• [Discriminatory validity and association of the mini-mental test (MMSE) and the memory alteration test (M@T) with a neuropsychological battery in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease] 30 Jul 2009
• Issues for DSM-V: the role of culture in psychiatric diagnosis. 30 Jul 2009
• Barriers in recognising, diagnosing and managing depressive and anxiety disorders as experienced by Family Physicians; a focus group study. 18 Jul 2009
• Comparing diagnostic methods for mental disorders in China. 11 Jun 2009
• Measurement accuracy in assessing patient's quality of life: to weight or not to weight domains of quality of life. 2 Jun 2009
• Validation of depression screening scales in patients with CKD. Jun 2009
• Screening for hazardous drinking using the Michigan Alcohol Screening Test-Geriatric Version (MAST-G) in elderly persons with acute cerebrovascular accidents. 24 May 2009
• Risk factors for postpartum depression: the role of the Postpartum Depression Predictors Inventory-Revised (PDPI-R). Results from the Perinatal Depression-Research & Screening Unit (PNDReScU) study. 3 May 2009
• Asking for help is helpful: validation of a brief lifestyle and mood assessment tool in primary health care. 29 Apr 2009
• Detecting somatoform disorders in primary care with the PHQ-15. 29 Apr 2009
• Criterion-based validity and reliability of the Geriatric Depression Screening Scale (GDS-15) in a large validation sample of community-living Asian older adults. 29 Apr 2009
• [Danish standardization of the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder rating scale] 25 Apr 2009
• Typical somatic symptoms of pregnancy and their impact on a diagnosis of major depressive disorder. 13 Apr 2009
• Baseline severity of depression predicts antidepressant drug response relative to escitalopram. 30 Mar 2009
• Exploring the clinical utility of the Development And Well-Being Assessment (DAWBA) in the detection of hyperkinetic disorders and associated diagnoses in clinical practice. 30 Mar 2009
• A literature review of the application of the Geriatric Depression Scale, Depression Anxiety Stress Scales and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist to community nursing cohorts. 30 Mar 2009
• The Yale-Brown-Cornell eating disorder scale in women with anorexia nervosa: what is it measuring? 30 Mar 2009
• The state of residential care for people with mental illness; insights from an audit of the screening tool for entry to licensed residential facilities. 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Psychiatric Status Rating Scales'

Definition: Standardized procedures utilizing rating scales or interview schedules carried out by health personnel for evaluating the degree of mental illness.

Descriptor UI: D011569

Alternative terms: Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Lorr's Inpatient Multidimensional Psychiatric Rating Scale; Katz Adjustment Scales; Adjustment Scales, Katz; Scales, Katz Adjustment; Wittenborn Scales; Scales, Wittenborn; Factor Construct Rating Scales (FCRS);

Allowable Qualifiers: history; standards; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: F04.586;

Online Note: use PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES to search KATZ ADJUSTMENT SCALES 1975-96, LORR'S INPATIENT MULTIDIMENSIONAL PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE 1975-91, WITTENBORN SCALES 1979-91, WITTENBORN SCALE 1969-78, & FACTOR CONSTRUCT RATING SCALES 1973-78

History Note: 69; KATZ ADJUSTMENT SCALES was heading 1975-96 (see under PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES 1975-90); WITTENBORN SCALES was heading 1979-91 (see under PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES 1979-90), was WITTENBORN SCALE see under PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES 1969-78; LORR'S INPATIENT MULTIDIMENSIONAL PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE was heading 1975-91 (see under PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES 1975-90); FACTOR CONSTRUCT RATING SCALES was see under PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES 1973-78

Technical Notes: DF: PSR SCALES