Rating scales

Question 1

Which rating scale was specifically designed as an outcome indicator for managing clinical change?

Answer 1

Health of Nation Outcome Scale (HoNoS)

Question 2

Which questionnaire can be used to identify psychiatric caseness?

Answer 2

General Health Questionnaire (GHQ)

Question 3

What does the Clifton Assessment Procedure measure?

Answer 3

Assesses level of disability and need for care in elderly

Question 4

What is internal consistency?

Answer 4

Degree of correlation between one test item with other items

Question 5

What is criterion validity also known as?

Answer 5

Concurrent validity

Question 6

What is concurrent validity?

Answer 6

Where we examine whether operationalised criteria used in a scale is aligned to the theory behind the construct being tested

Question 7

How many items in Beck Depression Inventory?

Answer 7

21

Question 8

What does BDI give relatively higher emphasis of?

Answer 8

Cognitive items

Question 9

Age of use of BDI

Answer 9

Above 14 years

Question 10

Is BDI self or clinician rated?

Answer 10

Self

Question 11

Which scale used in depression is most sensitive to change?

Answer 11

Montgomery-Asberg depression rating scale

Question 12

How many items in Montgomery-Asberg?

Answer 12

10

Question 13

Is Montgomery-Asberg self or clinician rated?

Answer 13

Clinician

Question 14

What is each symptom rated out of in BPRS?

Answer 14

Scored from 1-7

Question 15

How many symptoms are scored in BPRS?

Answer 15

Depending on version either 18 or 24

Question 16

Which technique is best kept to a minimum who somebody who is suggestible?

Answer 16

Structured questionnaire

Question 17

When is SCID mainly used?

Answer 17

Research

Question 18

What is SCID?

Answer 18

Structured Clinical Interview for DSM

Question 19

What type of interview is SCID?

Answer 19

Semistructured

Question 20

Can family report into the BPRS?

Answer 20

Yes

Question 21

Which rating scale retains aspects of MSE?

Answer 21

PSE - Present State Examination

Question 22

Is GHQ self or clinician rated?

Answer 22

Self

Question 23

What is inter-rater reliability?

Answer 23

Questionnaire gives same result when used by 2 different raters on the same patient

Question 23

What is inter-rater reliability?

Answer 23

Questionnaire gives same result when used by 2 different raters on the same patient

Question 24

Which scale is best to pick up Tardive Dyskinesia?

Answer 24

AIMS

Question 25

Which scale is best to pick up Tardive Dyskinesia?

Answer 25

AIMS

Question 26

What is Simpson-Angus scale used for?

Answer 26

Measuring EPSEs

Question 27

What is the most commonly used screening tool to diagnose dementia in older people?

Answer 27

MMSE

Question 28

What is the cut off in MMSE for diagnosing dementia?

Answer 28

24/30

Question 29

Which areas of cognition does MMSE cover?

Answer 29

Orientation 
Memory
Concentration 
Language
Praxis 
Gnosis

Question 30

What score on SCOFF would prompt further investigation?

Answer 30

2+/5

Question 31

What is SAWS?

Answer 31

Short alcohol withdrawal scale

Question 32

Scores above what in SAWS require pharmacotherapy?

Answer 32

12

Question 33

How is GHQ scored?

Answer 33

4 point likert (0-3)

Question 34

What is total possible score on GHQ 28?

Answer 34

0 to 84

Question 35

What does SF-36 measure?

Answer 35

Health related quality of life - physical, social and mental wellbeing

Question 36

How many items in PANSS?

Answer 36

30

Question 37

What does lane scale measure?

Answer 37

Minor physical anomalies

Question 38

What has replaced PSE?

Answer 38

SCAN - schedules for clinical assessment in neuropsychiatry