Psychiatry and Psychology

Psychiatric Status Rating Scales

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

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Abstract

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

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6 entry terms
  • Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
  • Factor Construct Rating Scales (FCRS)
  • Katz Adjustment Scales
  • Lorr's Inpatient Multidimensional Psychiatric Rating Scale
  • Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview
  • Wittenborn Scales

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3 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings history, standards, statistics & numerical data.

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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

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Previous Indexing

  • Psychological Tests (1966-1968)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Psychiatric Status Rating Scales. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011569. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011569
  2. Psychiatric Status Rating Scales. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69904376