- Young Mania Rating Scale
The Young Mania Rating Scale (abbreviated YMRS) is an eleven-item, multiple-choice diagnostic questionnaire which
psychiatrist s use to measure the severity of manic episodes inchildren andadolescent s between the ages of 5 and 17. It was first used in clinical practice in1978 . [ [http://www.massgeneral.org/schoolpsychiatry/screening_bipolar.asp#YMRS Description of the test] fromMassachusetts General Hospital ]The scale was originally developed for use in the evaluation of adult patients who were suffering from
bipolar disorder , but has since been modified for use inpediatric patients. A similar scale was then developed for to allow clinicians to interview parents about their children's symptoms, in order to ascertain a better diagnosis of mania in children. [ [http://www.bpkids.org/site/PageServer?pagename=com_08_20_03 Parent version of YMRS: the P-YMRS] ] Clinical studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of the parent version of the scale. [ [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12410078 Discriminative validity of a parent version of the Young Mania Rating Scale] fromPubMed ]References
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* [http://www.formedic.com/Documents/PYRSLE.pdf The Young Mania Rating Scale, in PDF format]
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