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. 2018 Jul 1;29(3):88–100. doi: 10.5765/jkacap.180002

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