Crisis Triage Rating Scale, CTRS

by Herbert Bengelsdorf, M.D., Lawrence E. Levy, M.D., Rosa Lee Emerson, Ph.D., and Frank A Barile, Ph.D.

The CTRS is a brief rating scale used to screen and differentiate patients who require hospitalization from those who can benefit from outpatient treatment.

The scale rates patients on three dimensions relevant to the need for hospitalization:

Research indicates concordance rates between the CTRS and clinical judgment to be 75.2% with a cut off of 9 (i.e., 9 or less indicating the need for hospitalization) and 81.2% with a cut off of 10 (Turner, P.M. and Turner, Can. J. Psychiatry, Vol. 36, November 1991).

The suggested recommendation should not be a substitute for independent medical or other appropriate professional evaluations.

For more information on the development and validation of the CTRS see:

Herbert Bengelsdorf, M.D., Lawrence E. Levy, M.D., Rosa Lee Emerson, Ph.D., and Frank A. Barile, Ph.D., The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disorders, Vol. 172(7), 1984.

See Also

Score the CTRS

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