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Neurotransmitter.net Psychiatric Rating Scales Index

DSM-IV-TR: Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders (from Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Fourth Edition Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR))

ICD-10: ICD-10: F20 Schizophrenia

ICD-10: ICD-10: F23.2 Acute Schizophrenia-Like Psychotic Disorder

ICD-10: ICD-10: F25 Schizoaffective Disorder

ICD-10: ICD-10: F21 Schizotypal Disorder

Positive and Negative Symptoms Scale (PANSS)

Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) of Andreasen for Patients with Schizophrenia [.XLS]
[More info]

Criteria of Andreasen and Olsen for Positive, Negative and Mixed Schizophrenia [.XLS]
[More info]

The Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia

Kiddie-Sads-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL)

Schizophrenia Outcomes Module (SCHIZOM)

IRAOS - Interview for the Retrospective Assessment of the Onset and Course of Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses
[must be purchased]

Chestnut Lodge Prognostic Scale for Chronic Schizophrenia [.XLS]
[More info]

Rust Inventory of Schizotypal Cognitions
[must be purchased]

Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ)

Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire (BAVQ) - Amended

Thought Control Questionnaire (TCQ)

Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) [PDF]

Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) [PDF]
[a different version from above]

AIMS Directions and Scoring Conventions [PDF]

Simpson-Angus Extrapyramidal Side Effects Scale (available in the Handbook of Psychiatric Measures (Book with CD-ROM for Windows) by the American Psychiatric Association
[must be purchased])

Barnes Akathisia Rating Scale (BARS) (available in the Handbook of Psychiatric Measures (Book with CD-ROM for Windows) by the American Psychiatric Association
[must be purchased])

Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms (SAPS) (available in the Handbook of Psychiatric Measures (Book with CD-ROM for Windows) by the American Psychiatric Association
[must be purchased])

Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) (available in the Handbook of Psychiatric Measures (Book with CD-ROM for Windows) by the American Psychiatric Association
[must be purchased])

Knowledge About Schizophrenia Inventory (KASI)
[contact Dr. Christine Barrowclough]

Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) Version 4.0 [PDF]

Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) [PDF]

Global Assessment of Function (GAF)

Clinical Global Impressions Scale (CGIS) (available in the Handbook of Psychiatric Measures (Book with CD-ROM for Windows) by the American Psychiatric Association
[must be purchased])

Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (SADS) [see
Endicott J, Spitzer RL.
A diagnostic interview: the schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia.
Archives of General Psychiatry Jul 1978, 35(7): 837-44 ]

Comprehensive Assessment of Symptoms and History (CASH) [see
Andreasen NC, Flaum M, Arndt S.
The Comprehensive Assessment of Symptoms and History (CASH). An instrument for assessing diagnosis and psychopathology.
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1992 Aug;49(8):615-23.]

Psychosis Screening Questionnaire [see
Bebbington P, and Nayani T
The Psychosis Screening Questionnaire
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research 1995, 5(1): 11-19 ]

Psychotic Symptom Rating Scales (PSYRATS) [see
Haddock G, McCarron J, Tarrier N, and Faragher EB.
Scales to measure dimensions of hallucinations and delusions: the psychotic symptom rating scales (PSYRATS).
Psychological Medicine 1999, 29(4): 879-89. ]

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) [see
Cummings Jeffrey L, Mega M, Gray K, Rosenberg-Thompson S, et al
The Neuropsychiatric Inventory: Comprehensive assessment of psychopathology in dementia.
Neurology 1994, 44: 2308-2314 ]

Premorbid Adjustment Scale (PAS) [see
Cannon-Spoor HE, Potkin SG, Wyatt RJ.
Measurement of premorbid adjustment in chronic schizophrenia.
Schizophr Bull. 1982;8(3):470-84. ]