title: Measurement of change in psychiatric illness: new obsessional, schizophrenia and depression scales.
abstract: More reliable rating scales are required for the study and evaluation of mental illness, including response to therapy. While most earlier scales were largely based on clinical symptomatology, inclusion of more specific features has made it possible to develop improved rating scales for obsessional states, schizophrenia and depression.
mesh_terms: D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*