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Clinical: broadband and severity

Young Mania Rating Scale.

YMRS

What it measures
Severity of manic symptoms (elevated mood, energy, sexual interest, sleep, irritability, speech, thought disorder/content, behaviour, appearance, insight)
Length and format
11 items. 7 items 0-4, 4 items 0-8 (double-weighted); clinician interview, total 0-60 (clinician-rated/interview)
Language versions
40+ langs incl. ES, FR, DE, ZH, JA, PT-BR, AR; the standard mania trial endpoint
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
open with attribution

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Reference
Young, R.C., et al. (1978). A rating scale for mania: reliability, validity and sensitivity. British Journal of Psychiatry, 133, 429-435.

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