Max Hamilton · 1959
Clinician-rated anxiety severity scale across psychic and somatic domains, coded as reported evidence.
The Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) is a clinician-administered measure of anxiety severity across psychic and somatic domains. This scale includes the content-localizable items that can be grounded in what the subject reports.
Used here as an evidence scale: highlight the span where the subject reports the experience an item measures (e.g. anxious mood, tension, autonomic symptoms) rather than a linguistic form. Each item is rated on the HAM-A 0-4 severity range.
| Domain | ABBR | Description | Severity | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anxious Mood | ANX | Reported worry, apprehension, and anticipation of the worst. | Curated skill | |
| Tension | TEN | Reported inability to relax, startling, trembling, or restlessness. | Curated skill | |
| Fears | FEA | Reported specific phobic fears (dark, strangers, being alone, animals, traffic, crowds). | Curated skill | |
| Insomnia | INS | Reported difficulty sleeping, broken or unrefreshing sleep, or nightmares. | Curated skill | |
| Cognitive | COG | Reported difficulty concentrating or poor memory. | Curated skill | |
| Depressed Mood | DEP | Reported loss of interest, lack of pleasure, low mood, or diurnal swing. | Curated skill | |
| Somatic Muscular | MUS | Reported muscle aches, stiffness, twitching, or teeth-grinding. | Curated skill | |
| Cardiovascular | CVS | Reported palpitations, racing heart, chest pain, or faintness. | Curated skill | |
| Respiratory | RSP | Reported chest tightness, choking, breathlessness, or sighing. | Curated skill | |
| Gastrointestinal | GAS | Reported nausea, abdominal pain, bloating, or bowel disturbance. | Curated skill | |
| Autonomic | AUT | Reported dry mouth, sweating, flushing, dizziness, or tension headache. | Curated skill |
Reported worry, apprehension, and anticipation of the worst.
Reported inability to relax, startling, trembling, or restlessness.
Reported specific phobic fears (dark, strangers, being alone, animals, traffic, crowds).
Reported difficulty sleeping, broken or unrefreshing sleep, or nightmares.
Reported difficulty concentrating or poor memory.
Reported loss of interest, lack of pleasure, low mood, or diurnal swing.
Reported muscle aches, stiffness, twitching, or teeth-grinding.
Reported palpitations, racing heart, chest pain, or faintness.
Reported chest tightness, choking, breathlessness, or sighing.
Reported nausea, abdominal pain, bloating, or bowel disturbance.
Reported dry mouth, sweating, flushing, dizziness, or tension headache.
Public domain (Hamilton 1959); freely reproducible.