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. 2014 Dec;16(4):455–464. doi: 10.31887/DCNS.2014.16.4/fmcmahon

Table I. Some commonly used measures of symptoms and impairment.

Mood symptoms
Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS)
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MÀDRS)
Young Mania Scale (YMS)
Psychotic symptoms
Scales for the Assessment of Negative and Positive Symptoms (SANS-SAPS)
Positive and Negative Symptom Scale (PANSS)
Anxiety
Beck Anxiety Inventory
Hamilton Anxiety Scale
Cognitive impairment
Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE)
Trail Making Test
Wechlser Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
General impairment and disability
Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF)
Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL-90)
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS)
Present State Exam (PSE)
Longer-term outcomes
Retrospective Assessment of Lithium Response (Aida Scale)