Child & Adolescent Clinical Rating Scales

Use these evidence-based questionnaires and rating scales in your primary care practice*. They are free downloads in PDF format and several have translations available.

*These assessments should be completed in private with the patient.

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General Psychosocial Screens ADHD Aggression Anxiety Autism Bipolar Disorder Depression Eating Disorders Functional Assessment General Medical Medication Side Effects Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder School Refusal Substance Abuse Suicide Tics

Rating Scales

ADHD

Edelbrock Rating Scale

Vanderbilt Assessment Scales

ADHD Rating Scale (Adults)

ADHD Medication Card: Stimulants and Non-Stimulants

ADHD Medication Guide (Cohen Children's Medical Center)

Aggression

Modified Overt Aggression Scale (MOAS)

Nisonger Child Behavior Rating Form (NCBRF)

Outburst Monitoring Scale

Medication Card: Dopamine-Serotonin Antagonists (Atypical antipsychotics)

Treatment of Maladaptive Aggression in Youth (T-MAY)

Anxiety

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) and Scoring

Screen for Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED)

Medication Card: Pediatric Anxiety and Depression (SSRIs and Other Medications)

Autism

Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT)

Bipolar Disorder

Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS)

Child Mania Rating Scale (CMRS)

Depression

Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC) (ages 6-17 yr)

Columbia Depression Scale (CDS)

Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ)

Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) - 9

Edinburgh Postnatal Depression (mother)

Medication Card: Pediatric Anxiety and Depression (SSRIs and Other Medications)

Eating Disorders

Eating Attitude Test

Functional Assessment

Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS; clinician rating)

General Medical

Body Mass Index (BMI)

Medication Side Effects

Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT)

Barnes Akathisia Scale (Self Report)

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (CYBOCS)

Children's Florida OCI

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

PTSD Child Symptom Scale (CPSS)

The Child PTSD Symptom Scale for DSM-5 (CPSS-V SR)

Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen (CATS)

Pediatric ACEs and Related Life Events Screener (PEARLS)

School Refusal

School Refusal Assessment Scale-Revised (SRAS)

Substance Abuse

Car, Relax, Alone, Forget, Friends, Trouble CRAFFT 2.1+N

Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) 10

Screening to Brief Intervention (S2BI) Tool

Suicide

Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ)

Columbia— Suicide Severity Rating Scale

Patient Safety Plan (Stanley-Brown)

Tics

Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS)