TABLE 1.

Psychiatric Status Rating (PSR) Scales

Code	Status	Definition
Six-point weekly PSR scale for major syndromes (i.e. mania, major depression)
1	Asymptomatic: Usual self	Return to “usual self” without any residual symptoms of the disorder
2	Residual: Mild symptoms or impairment	One or more symptoms of disorder in no more than mild degree
3	Partial Remission: Moderate symptoms or impairment	Less psychopathology than full criteria yet obvious evidence of the disorder with no more than moderate impairment
		Major symptoms or impairment but does not meet definite RDC criteria
4	Marked: Major symptoms or impairment	Meets RDC criteria but is without prominent psychotic symptoms or extreme impairment
5	Definite Criteria: Without
6	Definite Criteria -- Severe: Prominent psychotic symptoms or extreme impairment	Meets RDC criteria with prominent psychotic symptoms or extreme functional impairment
Three-point weekly PSR scale for minor syndromes (i.e. hypomania, minor depression)
1	Asymptomatic	No evidence of previously met RDC criteria
2	Probable Criteria -- Mild	Minor manifestations of disorder that do not meet full criteria
3	Definite Criteria -- Severe	Meets definite RDC criteria for disorder