Review Article

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.

ScaleObjectiveReferences

PD nonmotor symptom scaleRisk of developing psychosisChaudhuri et al., 2007
MDS-UPDRS I, item 1.2Presence and severity of psychosisGoetz et al., 2007
Parkinson Psychosis Questionnaire (PPQ)Presence and severity of psychosisSawada and Oeda, 2013
Scale for Evaluation of Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Parkinson’s disease (SEND-PD)Presence, severity of psychosis, and other neuropsychiatric symptomsRodriguez-Violante et al., 2014
Scale for Assessment of Positive Symptoms (SAPS)Presence, severity, and impact of psychosisVoss 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].