Child Mania Rating Scale (CMRS-P)

This measure is intended to be completed by a parent or caregiver on behalf of the child. The following questions concern your child’s mood and behavior in the past week. Please respond to each item to the best of your ability. Please consider it a problem if it is causing trouble and is beyond what is normal for your child's age. For example, select 'rare or never' if the behavior is not causing trouble.

In the past week, does your child...

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1. Have periods of feeling super happy for hours or days at a time, extremely wound up and excited, such as feeling "on top of the world?"

Never

Sometimes

Often

Very Often

2. Feel irritable, cranky, or mad for hours or days at a time ?

Never

Sometimes

Often

Very Often

3. Think that they can be anything or do anything (e.g., leader, best basket ball player, rap singer, millionaire, princess) beyond what is usual for that age?

Never

Sometimes

Often

Very Often

4. Believe that they have unrealistic abilities or powers that are unusual, and may try to act upon them, which causes trouble ?

Never

Sometimes

Often

Very Often

5. Need less sleep than usual; yet does not feel tired the next day?

Never

Sometimes

Often

Very Often

6. Have periods of too much energy?

Never

Sometimes

Often

Very Often

7. Have periods when they talk too much or too loud or talks a mile-a-minute?

Never

Sometimes

Often

Very Often

8. Have periods of racing thoughts that their mind cannot slow down , and it seems that your child’s mouth cannot keep up with their mind?

Never

Sometimes

Often

Very Often

9. Talk so fast that they jump from topic to topic?

Never

Sometimes

Often

Very Often

10. Rush around doing things nonstop?

Never

Sometimes

Often

Very Often

11. Have trouble staying on track and is easily drawn to what is happening around them?

Never

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Often

Very Often

12. Do many more things than usual, or is unusually productive or highly creative?

Never

Sometimes

Often

Very Often

13. Behave in a sexually inappropriate way?(e.g., talks dirty, exposing, playing with private parts, masturbating, making sex phone calls, humping on dogs, playing sex games, touches others sexually)

Never

Sometimes

Often

Very Often

14. Go and talk to strangers inappropriately, is more socially outgoing than usual?

Never

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Very Often

15. Do things that are unusual for them that are foolish or risky?(e.g., jumping off heights, shopping online with your credit cards, giving things away)

Never

Sometimes

Often

Very Often

16. Have rage attacks, intense and prolonged temper tantrums?

Never

Sometimes

Often

Very Often

17. Crack jokes or pun more than usual, laugh loud, or act silly in a way that is out of the ordinary?

Never

Sometimes

Often

Very Often

18. Experience rapid mood swings?

Never

Sometimes

Often

Very Often

19. Have any suspicious or strange thoughts?

Never

Sometimes

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Very Often

20. Hear voices that nobody else can hear?

Never

Sometimes

Often

Very Often

21. See things that nobody else can see?

Never

Sometimes

Often

Very Often