General Behavior Inventory

The Parent General Behavior Inventory (P-GBI) is a 10-question psychological assessment tool designed to identify the presence and severity of manic and depressive moods in children and adolescents. The P-GBI is an adaptation of the General Behavior Inventory (GBI), a self-report screen for identifying mood symptoms and fluctuations over time. Each item asks how often a behavior has occurred on a scale of 0 (never or hardly never) to 3 (very often or almost constantly). The questionnaire takes about 5–10 minutes to complete and the is designed for use with children and adolescents ages 5–17. Several peer-reviewed research studies support the Parent General Behavior Inventory as a reliable and valid measure of bipolar in children and adolescents.[1][2]

Scoring and interpretation

Scoring

Responses to each item of the P-GBI are scored based on a 0-3 scale. Each question asks how often a behavior has occurred in the past two weeks:[3]

Interpretation

The scores from each question are added together to form a total score, with higher scores indicating a greater severity of symptoms. Scores range from 0 to 30. Low scores of 5 and below indicate a very low risk of a bipolar diagnosis. High scores of 18 and over indicate a high risk of a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, increasing the likelihood by a factor of seven or greater.[3][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Youngstrom, E; Meyers, O; Demeter, C; Youngstrom, J; Morello, L; Piiparinen, R; Feeny, N; Calabrese, JR; Findling, RL (December 2005). "Comparing diagnostic checklists for pediatric bipolar disorder in academic and community mental health settings.". Bipolar disorders 7 (6): 507–17. doi:10.1111/j.1399-5618.2005.00269.x. PMID 16403176.
  2. 1 2 Youngstrom, EA; Frazier, TW; Demeter, C; Calabrese, JR; Findling, RL (May 2008). "Developing a 10-item mania scale from the Parent General Behavior Inventory for children and adolescents.". The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 69 (5): 831–9. doi:10.4088/jcp.v69n0517. PMID 18452343.
  3. 1 2 "Table of all screening tools and rating scales". Massachusetts General Hospital: School Psychiatry Program and MADI Resource Center. Massachusetts General Hospital. Retrieved 22 September 2015.


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