Young Mania Rating Scale
The Young Mania Rating Scale (abbreviated YMRS) is an eleven-item, multiple-choice diagnostic questionnaire which psychiatrists use to measure the severity of manic episodes in children and adolescents between the ages of 5 and 17. It was first published in 1978.[1][2]
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 in pediatric 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.[3] Clinical studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of the parent version of the scale.[4]
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- ↑ Description of the test from Massachusetts General Hospital
- ↑ Parent version of YMRS: the P-YMRS
- ↑ Discriminative validity of a parent version of the Young Mania Rating Scale from PubMed
