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The Child Mania Rating Scales (CMRS) are 21-item diagnostic screening measure designed to identify symptoms of mania in children and adolescents ages 9–17 using diagnostic criteria from the DSM-IV[1] as reported by parents and teachers. The measure interviews the child's mood and behavior symptoms, asking parents and teachers to rate how often the symptoms have caused a problem for the child in the past month. Clinical studies have found the CMRS-P to be reliable and valid in the assessment of children's bipolar symptoms.[1][2] The CMRS has also been found to be useful in differentiating cases of pediatric bipolar disorder from ADHD or no disorder, as well as delineating bipolar subtypes.[3] A meta-analysis comparing the different rating scales available found that the CMRS was one of the three best performing scales in terms of telling cases with bipolar disorder apart from other clinical diagnoses.[4]

Scoring and interpretation[edit | edit source]

For each item, parents or teachers rate the frequency with which a given mood or behavior has caused a problem for their child in the past month using a Likert-type scale.[1] Each response is assigned a point value for scoring purposes.

"Never/rarely:" 0 points

"Sometimes:" 1 point

"Often:" 2 points

"Very often:" 3 points

Points are summed to yield a total score. If the total score is 20 or higher, it is recommended that the child or adolescent receive an evaluation from a trained mental health professional.[2] It should not be used to make a diagnosis of mania or hypomania without consulting a clinician.


Evidence Based[edit | edit source]

Peer Reviewed Research[edit | edit source]

The first paper published on the CMRS was in 2006, and research has appeared intermittently since then. The CMRS consistently has excellent evidence of reliability. It has showed excellent evidence of discriminative validity in a meta-analysis looking at performance with children and teenagers.[5] Several studies have shown evidence of treatment sensitivity as well.[6][7][8]

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Links[edit | edit source]

Screeners[edit | edit source]

Downloads[edit | edit source]

  • "Child Mania Rating Scale" (PDF). Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance. Retrieved 14 September 2015. (21 item English version for parents to complete.)
  • CMRS

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Pavuluri, MN; Henry, DB; Devineni, B; Carbray, JA; Birmaher, B (May 2006). "Child mania rating scale: development, reliability, and validity.". Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry45 (5): 550–60. doi:10.1097/01.chi.0000205700.40700.50.PMID 16601399.
  2. West, AE; Celio, CI; Henry, DB; Pavuluri, MN (January 2011). "Child Mania Rating Scale-Parent Version: a valid measure of symptom change due to pharmacotherapy.". Journal of Affective Disorders128 (1-2): 112–9. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2010.06.013PMID 20858565.
  3. Henry, DB; Pavuluri, MN; Youngstrom, E; Birmaher, B (2008). "Accuracy of Brief and Full Forms of the Child Mania Rating Scale" (PDF). Journal of Clinical Psychology. Retrieved 4 October2015.
  4. Youngstrom, Eric A.; Genzlinger, Jacquelynne E.; Egerton, Gregory A.; Van Meter, Anna R. (2015-11-16). "Multivariate meta-analysis of the discriminative validity of caregiver, youth, and teacher rating scales for pediatric bipolar disorder: Mother knows best about mania.". Archives of Scientific Psychology 3 (1): 112–137. doi:10.1037/arc0000024. ISSN 2169-3269. http://doi.apa.org/getdoi.cfm?doi=10.1037/arc0000024. 
  5. Youngstrom, Eric A.; Genzlinger, Jacquelynne E.; Egerton, Gregory A.; Van Meter, Anna R. (2015-11-16). "Multivariate meta-analysis of the discriminative validity of caregiver, youth, and teacher rating scales for pediatric bipolar disorder: Mother knows best about mania.". Archives of Scientific Psychology 3 (1): 112–137. doi:10.1037/arc0000024. ISSN 2169-3269. http://doi.apa.org/getdoi.cfm?doi=10.1037/arc0000024. 
  6. Kaplan, Bonnie J.; Hilbert, Paula; Tsatsko, Ekaterina (2015-12). "Micronutrient treatment for children with emotional and behavioral dysregulation: a case series". Journal of Medical Case Reports 9 (1). doi:10.1186/s13256-015-0735-0. ISSN 1752-1947. PMID 26511458. PMC PMC4625731. http://jmedicalcasereports.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13256-015-0735-0. 
  7. West, Amy E.; Celio, Christine I.; Henry, David B.; Pavuluri, Mani N. (2011-1). "Child Mania Rating Scale-Parent Version: A valid measure of symptom change due to pharmacotherapy". Journal of Affective Disorders 128 (1-2): 112–119. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2010.06.013. PMID 20858565. PMC PMC2994944. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S016503271000426X. 
  8. Tramontina, Silzá; Zeni, Cristian P.; Ketzer, Carla R.; Pheula, Gabriel F.; Narvaez, Joana; Rohde, Luis Augusto (2009-05-15). "Aripiprazole in Children and Adolescents With Bipolar Disorder Comorbid With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial". The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 70 (5): 756–764. doi:10.4088/JCP.08m04726. ISSN 0160-6689. http://www.psychiatrist.com/abstracts/abstracts.asp?abstract=200905/050914.htm.