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Full name of scale |
(HAS) Hamilton Anxiety (Rating) Scale (Riskind, Beck, Brown, & Steer, 1987) |
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Languages |
English, French, Cantonese for China, Spanish |
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Rater |
Clinician-rated |
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Utility |
An interview scale that measures the severity of a patient's anxiety. Can be used to document the results of pharmaco- or psychotherapy, rather than as a diagnostic or screening tool. |
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Time to complete |
10-20 mins (to complete and score) |
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Cost/license |
Open access |
Riskind, J. H., Beck, A. T., Brown, G., & Steer, R. A. (1987). Taking the measure of anxiety and depression. Validity of the reconstructed Hamilton scales. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 175(8), 474–479. Follow this link for the article.