Altman Self-Rating Mania Scale (ASRM)

Altman Self-Rating Mania Scale (ASRM)
Altman. EG‚ Hedeker. D‚ Peterson. JL‚ Davis. JM‚. (1997)
 
1.    Positive Mood
 I do not feel happier or more cheerful than usual.
 I occasionally feel happier or more cheerful than usual.
 I often feel happier or more cheerful than usual.
 I feel happier or more cheerful than usual most of the time.
 I feel happier or more cheerful than usual all of the time.
2.    Self-Confidence
 I do not feel more self-confident than usual.
 I occasionally feel more self-confident than usual.
 I often feel more self-confident than usual.
 I feel more self-confident than usual.
 I feel extremely self-confident all of the time.
3.    Sleep Patterns
 I do not need less sleep than usual.
 I occasionally need less sleep than usual.
 I often need less sleep than usual.
 I frequently need less sleep than usual.
 I can go all day and night without any sleep and still not feel tired.
4.    Speech
 I do not talk more than usual.
 I occasionally talk more than usual.
 I often talk more than usual.
 I frequently talk more than usual.
 I talk constantly and cannot be interrupted.
5.    Activity Level
 I have not been more active (either socially‚ sexually‚ at work‚ home or school) than usual.
 I have occasionally been more active than usual.
 I have often been more active than usual.
 I have frequently been more active than usual.
 I am constantly active or on the go all the time.
Please note: The word “occasionally” when used here means once or twice; “often” means several times or more and “frequently” means most of the time.
Alpha:
Mania = 0.79
Psychosis = 0.65
Irritability = 0.65
 
 
This instrument can be found at: https://scales.arabpsychology.com/
 
Scores above a 5 are indicative of mania‚ or hypomania‚ with the severity of symptoms increasing with higher scores.[1] Examining score changes over time is also used to determine the efficacy of a particular treatment in a clinical setting and to qualify whether the severity a manic episode is increasing or decreasing.
 

Altman. EG‚ Hedeker. D‚ Peterson. JL‚ Davis. JM‚. (1997). The Altman Self-Rating Mania Scale. Biol Psychiatry‚ 15; 42(10): 948-955.

Altman. EG‚ Hedeker. D‚ Peterson. JL‚ Davis. JM‚. (2001). A Comparative Evaluation of Three Self-Rating Scales for Acute Mania. Biol Psychiatry‚ 50(6):468-471.

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