Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
RESEARCH UPDATE REVIEWTen-Year Review of Rating Scales. II: Scales for Internalizing Disorders
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MOOD DISORDERS RATING SCALES
Mood disorders in children and adolescents were elucidated in the 1980s. Therefore, most depression-rating scales were developed at that time, and references to their development date to that decade. However, because many of these scales continue to be examined and widely used, there is a rich database on their applications over the past decade.
ANXIETY-RATING SCALES
Anxiety was among the first juvenile symptoms evaluated with rating scales. Older scales developed during the 1950s to 1970s represented downward extensions of adult scales and had questionable developmental relevance. The recently renewed interest in juvenile anxiety disorders has led to the development of several new anxiety-rating scales that have overcome deficits of older scales (Greenhill et al., 1998).
Anxiety-rating scales for youths face special challenges. Anxiety disorders comprise
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Depression-rating scales and anxiety-rating scales offer great utility for elucidating youths’ internalizing psychopathology, treatment planning, following treatment course, and assuring accountability in practice. However, they cannot be used casually. The potential user must consider a particular scale in relation to the problem to be assessed, characteristics of the sample, properties of the scale, and the goals of assessment. All of the reviewed scales have strengths and weaknesses.
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