Assessment of Anxiety Disorders

Abstract

the purpose of this chapter is to provide the clinician with an overview of the kinds of assessment measures that have been developed for patients with anxiety disorders and to suggest ways they may be incorporated usefully into clinical practice / scales include diagnostic instruments, symptom scales, functional impairment measures, treatment side-effect ratings, self-monitoring diaries, and structured behavioral testing procedures we have organized the chapter to include 1) a description of instruments that might be useful to clinicians, 2) clinical guidelines for using structured assessments in patients with anxiety disorders, and 3) assessment issues in research studies diagnostic instruments [Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule-Revised (ADIS-R), the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 3rd edition) (SCID), the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Lifetime Anxiety Version (SADS-LA)] symptom rating scales [general anxiety symptomatology, measures of panic, measures of agoraphobic avoidance, measures of social anxiety, measures of obsessions and compulsions, Likert-type rating scales] self-monitoring diaries / direct behavioral observation / diagnosis and treatment planning / conducting and monitoring the treatment, treatment termination and follow-up (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)