Altman Scale of Self-Rating Mania (ASRM)

Altman Scale of Self-Rating Mania (ASRM)

Claudia Jones, 27 years old

Gender: Female

10th of July, 2017

What is your relationship with the individual getting treatment if the measure is completed by an informant?

How much time do you spend with the individual receiving care in a normal week? _______________________ hours per week

Instructions: You indicated on the DSM-5 Level 1 cross-cutting questionnaire that you (the individual receiving care) have been bothered by “”sleeping less than usual, but still having a lot of energy“” and/or “”starting lots more projects than usual or doing more risky things than usual“” at a mild or greater level of severity over the last two weeks.The five statement groups or questions below ask about these feelings in more detail.

1. Please read each group of statements/question carefully.

2. Choose the one statement in each group that best describes the way you (the individual receiving care) have been feeling for the past week.

3. Check the box ( or x) next to the number/statement selected.

4. 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.

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Question 1 Item Score

(1 I do not feel happier or more cheerful than usual.

1

(2 I occasionally feel happier or more cheerful than usual.

(3 I often feel happier or more cheerful than usual.

(4 I feel happier or more cheerful than usual most of the time.

(5 I feel happier of more cheerful than usual all of the time.

Question 2

(1 I do not feel more self-confident than usual.

1

(2 I occasionally feel more self-confident than usual.

(3 I often feel more self-confident than usual.

(4 I frequently feel more self-confident than usual.

(5 I feel extremely self-confident all of the time.

Question 3

(1 I do not need less sleep than usual.

5

(2 I occasionally need less sleep than usual.

(3 I often need less sleep than usual.

(4 I frequently need less sleep than usual.

(5 I can go all day and all night without any sleep and still not feel tired.

Question 4

(1 I do not talk more than usual.

5

(2 I occasionally talk more than usual.

(3 I often talk more than usual.

(4 I frequently talk more than usual.

(5 I talk constantly and cannot be interrupted.

Question 5

(1 I have not been more active (either socially, sexually, at work, home, or school) than usual.

1

(2 I have occasionally been more active than usual.

(3 I have often been more active than usual.

(4 I have frequently been more active than usual.

(5 I am constantly more active or on the go all the time.

Total/Partial Raw Score:

13

Prorated Total Raw Score:

3

Reprinted from Altman EG, Hedeker D, Peterson JL, Davis JM: The Altman Self-Rating Mania Scale. Biological Psychiatry 42: 948-955, 1997

Copyright © 1997, with permission from Elsevier.