Management of Psychosis in Parkinson’s Disease: Emphasizing Clinical Subtypes and Pathophysiological Mechanisms of the Condition
Table 2
Recommended scales for the assessment of psychosis in Parkinson’s disease.
Scale
Objective
References
PD nonmotor symptom scale
Risk of developing psychosis
Chaudhuri et al., 2007
MDS-UPDRS I, item 1.2
Presence and severity of psychosis
Goetz et al., 2007
Parkinson Psychosis Questionnaire (PPQ)
Presence and severity of psychosis
Sawada and Oeda, 2013
Scale for Evaluation of Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Parkinson’s disease (SEND-PD)
Presence, severity of psychosis, and other neuropsychiatric symptoms
Rodriguez-Violante et al., 2014
Scale for Assessment of Positive Symptoms (SAPS)
Presence, severity, and impact of psychosis
Voss et al., 2013
PD, Parkinson’s disease; MDS-UPDRS 1: Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale 1; SEND-PD: Scale for Evaluation of Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Parkinson’s disease; SAPS: Scale for Assessment of Positive Symptoms; reference: Levin et al., 2016 [3].