Table 5.
Mental health assessment scales after a disaster reviewed in this article
| Mental health assessment scales |
|---|
| ABI=Assessment of Behavioral Inhibition |
| ACQ-C=the Anxiety Control Questionnaire for Children |
| ADIS-IV=the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV (child and parent versions) |
| APGAR=Family APGAR Index-measures subjects’ satisfaction with family support |
| APQ=Alabama Parenting Questionnaire |
| APSC=the Adolescent Psychopathology Scale-Short Form |
| AVE=the Screen for Adolescent Violence Exposure |
| BDI=Birleson Depression Inventory |
| BDI=Beck Depression Inventory |
| BRIEF=the Behavior Rating Scale of Executive Function, Parent Form for School Age Children |
| BSI-18=the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 |
| C-DISC=Computer Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children-IV |
| CAPS=Clinician Administered Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Scale |
| CASI=Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index |
| CBCL=Child Behavior Checklist |
| CBQ=Conflict Behavior Questionnaire Short Form |
| CCAC=the version of the Children’s Coping Assistance Checklist |
| CDI=Children’s Depression Inventory |
| CES-D=the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale |
| ChIPS=Children’s Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes |
| CIDI=the Composite International Diagnostic Interview |
| COWAT=the Animal Naming Test of the Controlled Oral Word Association Test |
| CPSS=Child PTSD Symptom Scale |
| CPTSD-RI=Children’s Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder-Reaction Index |
| CRAFFT=a standardized and valid 6-item self-report screen for adolescent substance-related problems and disorders |
| CRI=Child Routines Inventory |
| CRIES=Children’s Impact of Events Scale |
| CRIES-13=Children’s Revised Impact of Event Scale |
| CRPBI=the Children’s Report of Parent Behavior Inventory |
| CSDC=the Child Stress Disorder Checklist |
| CSI=Children’s Somatization Inventory |
| CSR=Clinical Severity Rating |
| C-TRF=the Chinese version of the Teacher’s Report Form |
| C-WISC=Chinese Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children |
| DASS=Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales |
| DIS=Disaster Impact Scale |
| DISC=Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children |
| DISC=the depression scale of the Diagnostic Predictive Scales derived from the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Scale for Children |
| DISC-PS=the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children-Predictive Scales |
| DLQ=the Daily Life Questionnaire |
| DPS = Depression Predictive Scales |
| DSRS=Depression Self-Rating Scale |
| EEQ=the Earthquake Experience questionnaire |
| EES=Earthquake-related Experience Scale |
| ETQ=Earthquake Trauma Questionnaire |
| FAD=McMaster Family Assessment Device |
| FMSS-EE=Five-Minute-Speech Sample Measure of Expressed Emotion |
| FRM=the Family Resilience Measure |
| FSS-C=Fear Survey Schedule for Children (revised form) |
| GHQ-12=General Health Questionnaire |
| HEQ=Hurricane Exposure Questionnaire |
| HRQoL=Health-related Quality of Life |
| HURTE=Hurricane-Related Traumatic Experience Questionnaire |
| IES=Impact of Events Scale |
| IES-R=the Impact of Event Scale Revised |
| IPPA=the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment |
| ISEL=Interpersonal Support and Evaluation List |
| IUBQ=the Inter-group Understanding or Bias Questionnaire |
| Kiddie-SADS-L=Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children Lifetime version |
| KID-SAVE=Screen for Adolescent Violence Exposure (8-10 year) |
| LASC=the Los Angeles Symptom Checklist, adolescent version |
| LCS=Locus of Control Scale |
| LEC=Life Events Checklist |
| LES=Life Events Scale |
| LSC-R=the Life Stressor Checklist-Revised |
| MASC-T=Taiwanese version of the Multi-dimensional Anxiety Scale for Children |
| MCQ-C=Meta cognitions Questionnaire for Children |
| MINI-KID=the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents |
| MSPSS=Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support |
| NCSS=a native Coping Styles Scale |
| NCTSN assessment scale=the validated UCLA PTSD Index and includes a number of questions regarding depressive symptoms |
| NSA-R=The National Survey of Adolescents-Replication PTSD module |
| NWS=National Women’s Study PTSD module |
| PCL-C=the PTSD Checklist-Civilian Chinese Version |
| PCL-S = PTSD Checklist-Specific Stressor Version |
| PedsQL=Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory TM 4.0 of the Chinese version |
| PSC-II=Pediatric Symptom Checklists part II |
| PSPS=the children’s Perceived Stress Performance Scale |
| PSQI=Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index |
| PSS=Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Scale |
| PsySTART=a tsunami-modified version of the PsySTART Rapid Triage System |
| PTCI=Post-traumatic Cognitions Inventory |
| PTG=Post Traumatic Growth |
| PTSD-RI=Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Reaction Index |
| PTSS=the Posttraumatic Stress Symptom Scale |
| QoLQ=Quality of Life Questionnaire |
| RCADS-C=the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scales, Child Version |
| RCADS-P=the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scales, Parent Version |
| RCMAS=Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale |
| RECAP=the Retrospective Experiences and Child and Adolescent Psychopathology interview |
| ROCFT=the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test |
| RQ=Rutter’s questionnaire, parent’s version |
| SADS-L=the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia Lifetime Version |
| SASRQ=Stanford Acute Stress Reaction Questionnaire |
| SAVE=Screen for Adolescent Violence Exposure (11-16 year) |
| SCARED=Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders |
| SCARED-R-CV=Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders Revised–Child Self-Report |
| SCAS=Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale |
| SCL-90-R=Symptom Checklist-90-Revised |
| SDIC=Short Depression Inventory for Children |
| SDQ=The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire |
| SQ=the Sleep Questionnaire |
| SRS-PTSD=Self-rating Scale for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder |
| SSRS=Social Skills Rating Scale |
| SSRS=Social Support Rating Scale |
| SSSC=the Social Support Scale for Children |
| SSSCA=Social Support Scale for Children and Adolescents |
| STAI=the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory |
| STAI-C=State and Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children |
| Stroop=The Stroop Colored Word Test |
| TASC=a shortened version of the Test Anxiety Scale for Children |
| TESS=Traumatic Exposure Severity Scale |
| TMT-A=part of the Trail Making Test |
| TRF=Achenbach’s Teacher’s Report Form |
| TRICA-S=The Taiwan Relationship Inventory for Children and Adolescents, Short version |
| TSSC-CA=the Traumatic Stress Symptom Checklist for children and adolescents |
| UCLA PTSD-RI=UCLA PTSD Reaction Index |
| WCQ=Ways of Coping Questionnaire, Short Form |
| WEQ=Wildfire Experience Questionnaire |
| WIP=Watson Interview for PTSD of adults |
| WTC=the WTC Questionnaire |
| YCITT=Youth Coping In Traumatic Times |
| YPQ=Yule PTSD questionnaire |
| YRBS=Youth Risk Behavior Survey |
| YSR=Youth Self Report |