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44249-1, 54635-8. The nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire ( PHQ-9) is a depressive symptom scale and diagnostic tool introduced in 2001 to screen adult patients in primary care settings. The instrument assesses for the presence and severity of depressive symptoms and a possible depressive disorder. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The PHQ-9 is a component of ...
The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM ( SCID) is a semi-structured interview guide for making diagnoses according to the diagnostic criteria published in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). [ 1] The development of SCID has followed the evolution of the DSM and multiple versions are available for a single edition ...
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( DSM; latest edition: DSM-5-TR, published in March 2022 [ 1]) is a publication by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) for the classification of mental disorders using a common language and standard criteria. It is the main book for the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders ...
The Current Procedural Terminology ( CPT) code set is a procedural code set developed by the American Medical Association (AMA). It is maintained by the CPT Editorial Panel. [ 1] The CPT code set describes medical, surgical, and diagnostic services and is designed to communicate uniform information about medical services and procedures among ...
The mental status examination (MSE) is an important part of the clinical assessment process in neurological and psychiatric practice. It is a structured way of observing and describing a patient's psychological functioning at a given point in time, under the domains of appearance, attitude, behavior, mood and affect, speech, thought process, thought content, perception, cognition, insight, and ...
The Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale, or C-SSRS, is a suicidal ideation and behavior rating scale created by researchers at Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh and New York University to evaluate suicide risk. [ 1] It rates an individual's degree of suicidal ideation on a scale, ranging from "wish to ...
Neuropsychological tests are a core component of the process of conducting neuropsychological assessment, along with personal, interpersonal and contextual factors. Most neuropsychological tests in current use are based on traditional psychometric theory. In this model, a person's raw score on a test is compared to a large general population ...
SCARED-R. LOINC. 62715-8. The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders ( SCARED) is a self-report screening questionnaire for anxiety disorders developed in 1997. [ 1] The SCARED is intended for youth, 9–18 years old, [ 1] and their parents to complete in about 10 minutes. [ 2] It can discriminate between depression and anxiety ...