Staff Expertise

Our staff is well-versed in the following rating scales:

ADHD

• Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale
• Brown Attention-Deficit Disorder Scales
• Swanson, Nolan and Pelham Teacher and Parent Rating Scale
• Vanderbilt ADHD Diagnostic Rating Scale
• ADHD Rating Scale
• Autism spectrum

Adult Asperger Assessment

• Australian scale for Asperger’s syndrome (ASAS)
• Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ)
• Childhood Autism Rating Scale
• Childhood Autism Spectrum Test
• Quantitative Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (Q-CHAT)
• Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule

Mania and bipolar disorder

• Altman Self-Rating Mania Scale (ASRM)
• Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS)

Dissociation

• Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES)
• Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Dissociative Disorders (SCID-D-R)

Depression

• Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
• Beck Hopelessness Scale
• Centre for Epidemiological Studies – Depression Scale (CES-D)
• Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC)
• Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)
• Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)
• Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D)
• Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
• Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale (KADS)
• Major Depression Inventory (MDI)
• Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS)
• Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ)
• Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale

Schizophrenia and psychosis

• Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS)
• Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS)
• Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms (SAPS)
• Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS)

Anxiety

• Beck Anxiety Inventory
• Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS)
• Daily Assessment of Symptoms – Anxiety
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD-7)
• Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM-A)
• Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
• Panic and Agoraphobia Scale (PAS)
• Panic Disorder Severity Scale (PDSS)
• PTSD Symptom Scale – Self-Report Version
• Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN)
• Trauma Screening Questionnaire
• Yale–Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS)
• Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale

Personality and personality disorders

• Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (AGQ)
• Hare Psychopathy Checklist
• Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
• Narcissistic Personality Inventory

Dementia and cognitive impairment

• Abbreviated mental test score
• Clinical Dementia Rating
• General Practitioner Assessment Of Cognition
• Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly
• Mini-mental state examination

Eating disorders

• Anorectic Behavior Observation Scale
• Binge Eating Scale (BES)
• Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26)
• Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI)

Global scales

• Clinical Global Impression
• Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating Scale (CPRS)
• Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF)
• Children’s Global Assessment Scale

Other

• Barnes Akathisia Scale
• CAGE Questionnaire
• SAD PERSONS scale for suicide risk