As you can see on the enclosed form, the NIMH-LCM Self Rated Prospective Form (the LCM - S/P) uses daily ratings of mood and functioning and entry of the total number of tablets of medications taken each day for the treatment of your affective illness. Each box on the form represents one day and each form provides for ratings for one month.

With the LCM-S/P™, patients themselves can evaluate the course of illness up to four levels of episode severity. The assessment is based on classic mood disorder symptoms and the severity of functional impairment during depressive and hypomanic/manic episodes.

The NIMH-LCM-p allows for the daily assessment of mood and episode severity based on the degree of mood associated functional impairment. We have previously presented preliminary evidence of the reliability and validity of the LCM, and its utility in clinical trials.

The National Institute of Mental Health’s prospective Life Chart Method (NIMH-LCM™) uses daily ratings by the person with bipolar disorder. The ratings specify the polarity and severity of manic and depressive episodes and their course; also recording the concomitant use/ impact of medication and life events that may precipitate episodes.

The NIMH Life Chart Method (The LCM ) is easy to follow and provides a clear picture of the mood swings that are so typical of this illness. The life chart will provide you with a good overview of the number

These preliminary data suggest the reliability and validity of the NIMH-LCM-p in assessing manic and depressive episode severity. It also provides a useful continuous daily measure of affective illness-related symptom fluctuations that allows for detailed prospective assessment of frequency and pattern of illness, treatment response, and ...

2015年4月1日 · The National Institute of Mental Health׳s Life Chart Method (NIMH LCM; Leverich and Post, 1996) was developed as a tool for longitudinal monitoring of chronic cyclic affective disorders, such as bipolar disorder (BD) and enables patient and clinician to visualize and obtain insight in the mood course. Several variants of this Life Chart Method ...

Examined the validity of the clinician rated National Institute of Mental Health prospective Life Chart Methodology (NIMH-LCMTM-p or LCM) as a longitudinal assessment of bipolar illness using 270 bipolar patients from the 5 sites participating in the Stanley Foundation Bipolar Network.

Access up-to-date information on the National Institute of Mental Health-Life-Chart Method (NIMH-LCM): copyright, licensing, scoring, translations, ...

The NIMH-LCM(TM)-p allows for the daily assessment of mood and episode severity based on the degree of mood associated functional impairment. We have previously presented preliminary evidence of the reliability and validity of the LCM, and its utility in clinical trials. This study is a further and more extensive validation of the clinician ...