NR 547 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
RAPS4 alcohol screening
Have you ever felt guilty after drinking ?(remorse)
Could not remember things said or did after drinking? (amnesia)
Failed to do what was normally expected after drinking? (perform
Have you ever had a morning drink? (starter)
CAGE alcohol screening
Have you ever CUT down on your drinking?
Have people ANNOYED you by criticizing your drinking?
Have you ever felt bad or GUILTY about your drinking?
Have you ever had a drink first thing in the morning, as an EYE-OPENER, to steady
your nerves or get rid of a hangover?
Describe categorical screening test classification
Classifying, describe the presence or absence of a given attribute (e.g. competency to
stand trial) or the category best suited to a given individual among a finite set of options
(e.g. assigning a diagnosis)
Describe continuous screening test classification
Measuring, provides a quantitative assessment along with continuum of intensity,
frequency, or severity.
Describe reliability and validity in screening tests
Scales should be reliable or consistent and repeatable even if performed by different
people, at different times, and under different conditions.
They should be valid or accurate in representing the actual state of nature
Tell me about the disability assessment screening tool
Self-administered, measures disability along several parameters such as cognition,
interpersonal relations, work and social impairment. It can be given across the course of
illness and and is reliable in tracking changes.
Tell me about the structured clinical interview for DSM
Begins with a section on demographics, then has 7 diagnostic modules focused on
different diagnostic groups
mood
,psychotic
substance abuse
anxiety
somatic
eating
adjustment
Tell me about the brief psychiatric rating scale (BPRS)
A short scale for measuring the severity of psychiatric symptomology, primarily
assesses change in psychotic inpatients and covers a broad range of areas. Functions
well as a measure of change. Only suitable for patients with significant impairment, less
supported use in clinical setting due to amount of training needed
What areas does the brief psychiatric rating scale cover?
thought disturbance
emotional withdrawal and retardation
anxiety and depression
hostility and suspiciousness
Tell me about the positive and negative syndrome scale (PANSS)
Developed to remedy perceived deficits in BRPS. The PANSS has become the
standard tool for assessing clinical outcome in treatment studies of schizophrenia and
other psychotic disorders and is easy to administer reliably and sensitive to change with
treatment. Its high reliability and good coverage of both positive and negative symptoms
make it excellent for this purpose. It may also be useful for tracking severity in clinical
practice, and its clear anchors make it easy to use in this setting.
Tell me about the scale for the assessment of positive symptoms (SAPS) and the
scale for the assessment of negative symptoms (SANS)
were designed to provide a detailed assessment of positive and negative symptoms of
schizophrenia and may be used separately or in tandem
What does the scale for the assessment of positive symptoms include?
SAPS assesses hallucinations, delusions, bizarre behavior, and thought disorder
What does the scale for the assessment of negative symptoms include?
, SANS assesses affective flattening, poverty of speech, apathy, anhedonia, and
inattentiveness.
Tell me about the Hamilton rating scale for depression (HAM-D)
Monitors the severity of major depression, with a focus on somatic symptomatology.
There is a 17 and 24 questionnaire. monitor the severity of major depression, with a
focus on somatic symptomatology. monitor the severity of major depression, with a
focus on somatic symptomatologymonitor the severity of major depression, with a focus
on somatic symptomatology
Tell me about the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
A focus on behavioral and cognitive dimensions of depression, with more focus on
somatic symptoms and covers the last two weeks. Completed in 5-10 minutes. Internal
consistency high, test-retest reliability is not consistency high but may be due to
changes in underlying symptoms. a focus on behavioral and cognitive dimensions of
depression.
Tell me about the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A)
Developed to assess somatic and cognitive anxiety symptoms. the HAM-A provides
limited coverage of the "worry" required for a diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder
and does not include the episodic anxiety found in panic disorder. A score of 14 has
been suggested as the threshold for clinically significant anxiety, but scores of 5 or less
are typical in individuals in the community.
Tell me about the panic disorder severity scale (PDSS)
Brief scale for rating of panic disorder, reliability is excellent as is validity. Growing
experience with the PDSS suggests that it is sensitive to change with treatment and is
useful as a change measure in clinical trials or other outcome studies for panic disorder,
as well as for monitoring panic disorder in clinical practice.
What does the panic disorder severity scale (PDSS) assess?
The seven items address frequency of attacks, distress associated with attacks,
anticipatory anxiety, phobic avoidance, and impairment.
Tell me about the clinician administered PTSD scale (CAPS)
Includes 17 items required to make the diagnosis, covering all four criteria: (1) the event
itself, (2) reexperiencing of the event, (3) avoidance, and (4) increased arousal. The
RAPS4 alcohol screening
Have you ever felt guilty after drinking ?(remorse)
Could not remember things said or did after drinking? (amnesia)
Failed to do what was normally expected after drinking? (perform
Have you ever had a morning drink? (starter)
CAGE alcohol screening
Have you ever CUT down on your drinking?
Have people ANNOYED you by criticizing your drinking?
Have you ever felt bad or GUILTY about your drinking?
Have you ever had a drink first thing in the morning, as an EYE-OPENER, to steady
your nerves or get rid of a hangover?
Describe categorical screening test classification
Classifying, describe the presence or absence of a given attribute (e.g. competency to
stand trial) or the category best suited to a given individual among a finite set of options
(e.g. assigning a diagnosis)
Describe continuous screening test classification
Measuring, provides a quantitative assessment along with continuum of intensity,
frequency, or severity.
Describe reliability and validity in screening tests
Scales should be reliable or consistent and repeatable even if performed by different
people, at different times, and under different conditions.
They should be valid or accurate in representing the actual state of nature
Tell me about the disability assessment screening tool
Self-administered, measures disability along several parameters such as cognition,
interpersonal relations, work and social impairment. It can be given across the course of
illness and and is reliable in tracking changes.
Tell me about the structured clinical interview for DSM
Begins with a section on demographics, then has 7 diagnostic modules focused on
different diagnostic groups
mood
,psychotic
substance abuse
anxiety
somatic
eating
adjustment
Tell me about the brief psychiatric rating scale (BPRS)
A short scale for measuring the severity of psychiatric symptomology, primarily
assesses change in psychotic inpatients and covers a broad range of areas. Functions
well as a measure of change. Only suitable for patients with significant impairment, less
supported use in clinical setting due to amount of training needed
What areas does the brief psychiatric rating scale cover?
thought disturbance
emotional withdrawal and retardation
anxiety and depression
hostility and suspiciousness
Tell me about the positive and negative syndrome scale (PANSS)
Developed to remedy perceived deficits in BRPS. The PANSS has become the
standard tool for assessing clinical outcome in treatment studies of schizophrenia and
other psychotic disorders and is easy to administer reliably and sensitive to change with
treatment. Its high reliability and good coverage of both positive and negative symptoms
make it excellent for this purpose. It may also be useful for tracking severity in clinical
practice, and its clear anchors make it easy to use in this setting.
Tell me about the scale for the assessment of positive symptoms (SAPS) and the
scale for the assessment of negative symptoms (SANS)
were designed to provide a detailed assessment of positive and negative symptoms of
schizophrenia and may be used separately or in tandem
What does the scale for the assessment of positive symptoms include?
SAPS assesses hallucinations, delusions, bizarre behavior, and thought disorder
What does the scale for the assessment of negative symptoms include?
, SANS assesses affective flattening, poverty of speech, apathy, anhedonia, and
inattentiveness.
Tell me about the Hamilton rating scale for depression (HAM-D)
Monitors the severity of major depression, with a focus on somatic symptomatology.
There is a 17 and 24 questionnaire. monitor the severity of major depression, with a
focus on somatic symptomatology. monitor the severity of major depression, with a
focus on somatic symptomatologymonitor the severity of major depression, with a focus
on somatic symptomatology
Tell me about the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
A focus on behavioral and cognitive dimensions of depression, with more focus on
somatic symptoms and covers the last two weeks. Completed in 5-10 minutes. Internal
consistency high, test-retest reliability is not consistency high but may be due to
changes in underlying symptoms. a focus on behavioral and cognitive dimensions of
depression.
Tell me about the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A)
Developed to assess somatic and cognitive anxiety symptoms. the HAM-A provides
limited coverage of the "worry" required for a diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder
and does not include the episodic anxiety found in panic disorder. A score of 14 has
been suggested as the threshold for clinically significant anxiety, but scores of 5 or less
are typical in individuals in the community.
Tell me about the panic disorder severity scale (PDSS)
Brief scale for rating of panic disorder, reliability is excellent as is validity. Growing
experience with the PDSS suggests that it is sensitive to change with treatment and is
useful as a change measure in clinical trials or other outcome studies for panic disorder,
as well as for monitoring panic disorder in clinical practice.
What does the panic disorder severity scale (PDSS) assess?
The seven items address frequency of attacks, distress associated with attacks,
anticipatory anxiety, phobic avoidance, and impairment.
Tell me about the clinician administered PTSD scale (CAPS)
Includes 17 items required to make the diagnosis, covering all four criteria: (1) the event
itself, (2) reexperiencing of the event, (3) avoidance, and (4) increased arousal. The
