The widely acknowledged gold standard measure of the severity of ocs is the content free version of the yalebrown obsessivecompulsive scale ybocs. Obsessivecompulsive symptoms in egyptian schizophrenic. In general, the items depend on the patients report. The childrens yalebrown obsessive compulsive scale and the childrens obsessional compulsive inventory were used to exclude those with clinical levels of obsessive compulsive disorder, and to. Based on wayne goodmans yale brown obsessive compulsive scale. This scale is designed to rate the severity of obsessive and compulsive symptoms in children and adolescents, ages 6 to 17 years. Establish the diagnosis of obsessive compulsive disorder. This scale is designed to rate the severity of obsessive and compulsive symptoms in children, ages 6 to 17 years. The arabic version was used to specifically measure the types and severity of symptoms of ocd. Please answer the next 5 questions about the obsessions or thoughtsyour child cannot stop thinking about. Obsessivecompulsive scale ybocs in a large sample of patients with schizophrenia or related disorders and comorbid. Severity of psychopathology was evaluated with the yalebrown obsessive compulsive scale ybocs.
Childrens yalebrown obsessive compulsive scale cy bocs. Humor appreciation of captionless cartoons in obsessive. Re administer the cybocs severity rating scale to monitor progress. In general, the ratings depend on the childs and parents report, however, the final rating is based on the clinical judgement of the interviewer. Pdf sensitivity of the modified childrens yalebrown. Obsessive compulsive symptoms in psychotic disorders swets, m. This rating scale is designed to rate the severity and type of symptoms in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder ocd. Results from two multisite trials article pdf available in autism 202 april 2015 with 168 reads. Sensitivity of the modified childrens yalebrown obsessive compulsive scale to detect change. Factor structure of the yalebrown obsessivecompulsive scale y. Obsessive compulsive scale ybocs is the most fre quently applied test in clinical settings as.