Major Depressive Disorder

PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire – 9)	Assessing: Major Depressive Episode in General Population Cutoff > 10 draw attention to likely clinically significant condition
Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale	Assessing: Post-partum depression Cutoff > 13 indicates likely depression

Bipolar Disorder

MDQ (Mood Disorder Questionnaire)	Screen for Bipolar 1 Disorder (NOT Bipolar 2 Disorder) in Outpatients
Young Mania Rating Scale	Assess Intensity of Mania / Hypomania in Patients (Time Frame – Last 48 hours); < 13 indicates remission

GAD-7 (Generalized Anxiety Disorder -7)	scope: screen for generalized anxiety disorder; also validated screener for social anxiety, panic disorder, PTSD. Cutoff > 10 draw attention to likely clinically significant condition
Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale	scope: screen for social anxiety disorder; cut-off: if < 30, SAD is unlikely; if > 60 SAD probable
Panic Disorder Severity Scale – Self Report	scope: screening for panic disorder cut-off: score > 9 suggest need for diagnostic assessment

PC-PTSD-5 (Primary Care PTSD Screen for DSM-V )	scope: very brief screen for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for primary care physicians . Cutoff > 4 (max 5) for men and 3 > for females. (if positive do PCL-5)
PCL-5 (PTSD Checklist for DSM-5)	scope: provisional diagnosis for PTSD. Cutoff > 33-35 (max 80). Serial measurement of severity of symptoms. Need: Qualifying trauma, and at least one score of 2 in each of questions 1-5, 6-7, 8-14, 15-20.

Adult ADHD

Wender Utah Rating Scale (Long Form)	scope: to help validate history of childhood ADHD symptoms in adults. There are 60 questions, but only 25 relate to ADHD symptoms. Cutoff of > 46; sensitivity of 86%, specificity of 99% (in population without psychiatric co-moribidity)
Wender Utah Rating Scale (Short Form)	scope: same as above. This includes only the ADHD related questions. Same cutoffs as above.
Adult ADHD Self Report Scale (ASRS-v1.1)	scope: screener for symptoms of adult ADHD. Cutoff: 4 or more responses in shaded areas of part A indicative of ADHD symptoms in adults and warrant further investigation.

BPSD (Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale)	scope: Most helpful in assessing treatment efficacy in psychosis. Based on clinician interview (+/- collateral) and observation of patient over 2-3 days. Measures 18 symptom constructs (each rated from 1 to 7). scoring: mildly ill > 31, mod ill >41, markedly ill > 53

Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment – Alcohol Revised (CIWA – Ar)	scope: measures severity of alcohol withdrawal syndrome. Cutoff: less than 8-10 minimal to mild (no intervention usually required); between 11-15, moderate withdrawal; >15, severe withdrawal (Example treatment protocol)