Recommended measures of early childhood symptoms
- Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) Ages 4-17 years
- Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire or the Early Childhood Inventory (ECI) Ages 3-6 years
- The Child /Adolescent Psychiatry Screen (CAPS)
- Ages 4 to 11 years old: Home Situations Questionnaire (HSQ)
- Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC)
- DSM-5 Parent/Guardian Rated Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure – Child
- DSM-5 Self-Rated Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure – Child
ADHD
- ADHD Rating Scale IV questionnaire
- Conners 3 ADHD Index
- Vanderbilt ADHD Diagnostic Teacher and Parent Rating Scales
Aggression
Anxiety Disorders
- Self-Report for Childhood Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED)
- Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS)
- Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule (ADIS-IV) – Child and Parent Interview Schedules
- Severity Measure for Generalized Anxiety Disorder – Child
Autism
- Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS-2)
- Childhood Autism Spectrum Test (CAST)
- Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ)
- Social Responsiveness Scale 2 (SRS-2)
- Autism Behavior Checklist (ABC)
- Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC) – can use to assess medication responses
- Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition (ADOS-2)
- Autism Diagnostic Interview – Revised (ADI-R)
- Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT)
Mood Disorders
- Child Mania Rating Scale – Parent Version (CMRS-P)
- Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC)
- Children’s Depression Inventory 2 (CDI-2)
- Patient Health Questionnaire – Modified for Teens (PHQ-9)
- Affective Reactivity Index
- Child Behavior Checklist
- Severity Measure for Depression-Child
Measuring Side Effects of Antipsychotic Medication
- Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS)
- Dyskinesia Identification System Condensed User Scale (DISCUS)
- Extrapyramidal Symptom Rating Scale (ESRS) (not available in public domain)
Psychiatric Symptomology
Psychotic Disorders
PTSD
- Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire – 2nd Revision (JVQ-R2) (by permission only)
- Trauma History component of the University of California at Los Angeles Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Reaction Index (UCLA-PTSD RI)
- Child PTSD Symptom Scale (CPSS)
Sleep Disorders
- The BEARS Sleep Screening Algorithm screens for major sleep disorders for ages 2 to 18 years
- Sleep diaries – Link 1 Link 2
- Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire
Substance Use