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The '''Young Mania Rating Scale''' ('''YMRS'''), developed and popularised by Robert Young and Vincent E Ziegler, is an eleven-item [[multiple choice]] [[Diagnosis|diagnostic]] questionnaire which [[psychiatrist]]s use to measure the presence and severity of [[mania]] and associated symptoms.<ref name=YoungEtAl1978/> The scale was originally developed for use in the evaluation of adult patients with [[bipolar disorder]], but has since been adapted for use in [[pediatric]] patients. The scale is widely used by clinicians and researchers in the diagnosis, evaluation, and quantification of manic symptomology. It has become the most widely used outcome measure in clinical trials for bipolar disorders, and it is recognized by many regulatory agencies as an acceptable outcome measure despite its age.  

A similar scale was later developed to allow clinicians to interview parents about their children's symptoms, in order to ascertain a better diagnosis of mania in children. This parent version (P-YMRS) can be completed by a parent or a teacher to determine whether a child should receive further evaluation from a psychologist or psychiatrist.<ref name=GraciousEtAl2002/> Clinical studies have demonstrated the [[reliability (research methods)|reliability]] and [[test validity|validity]] of the parent version of the scale, which has been found to provide "clinically meaningful information about mood disorders in youth." The P-YMRS does succeed in identifying most cases of childhood bipolar disorder, but it has an extremely high false positive rate.<ref name=GraciousEtAl2002/><ref name=MarchandEtAl2005/>

==See also==
*[[Diagnostic classification and rating scales used in psychiatry]]

==References==
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<ref name="YoungEtAl1978">{{cite journal |vauthors=Young RC, Biggs JT, Ziegler VE, Meyer DA |title=A rating scale for mania: reliability, validity and sensitivity |journal=British Journal of Psychiatry |volume=133 |pages=429–35 |date=November 1978 |pmid=728692 |doi=10.1192/bjp.133.5.429 |issue=5|s2cid=26479951 }}</ref>
<ref name=GraciousEtAl2002>{{cite journal |last1=Gracious |first1=BL|last2=Youngstrom |first2=EA |last3=Findling|first3=RL |last4=Calabrese|first4=JR |name-list-style=vanc |title=Discriminative validity of a parent version of the Young Mania Rating Scale |journal=Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |date=November 2002 |volume=41 |issue=11 |pages=1350–9 |pmid=12410078 |doi=10.1097/00004583-200211000-00017|citeseerx=10.1.1.198.9176}}</ref>
<ref name=MarchandEtAl2005>{{cite journal|last1=Marchand|first1=WR|last2=Clark|first2=SC|last3=Wirth|first3=L|last4=Simon|first4=C |name-list-style=vanc |title=Validity of the parent young mania rating scale in a community mental health setting |journal=Psychiatry |date=March 2005|volume=2|issue=3|pages=31–35|pmid=21179627 |pmc=3004712}}</ref>
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==External links==
* [https://psychology-tools.com/young-mania-rating-scale/ Online version of P-YMRS]
* {{cite web|title=Parent Version of the Young Mania Rating Scale (P-YMRS) |url=http://www.thebalancedmind.org/sites/default/files/ymrsparent.pdf |website=The Balanced Mind: Parent Network |publisher=Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance|access-date=14 September 2015}}
* {{cite web|title=Parent Version of the Young Mania Rating Scale (P-YMRS) Instructions |url=http://www.hmsa.com/PORTAL/PROVIDER/ADD_ymrs-p_Instructions.pdf |website=Hawaii Medical Service Association |access-date=14 September 2015}}
* [http://effectivechildtherapy.org/concerns-symptoms-disorders/disorders/severe-mood-swings-and-bipolar-spectrum-disorders/ EffectiveChildTherapy.Org information on bipolar disorders]
*[https://sccap53.org Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology]

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[[Category:Depression (mood)]]
[[Category:Mental disorders screening and assessment tools]]
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[[Category:Treatment of bipolar disorder]]