Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale.

BPRS

What it measures

Breadth and severity of psychiatric symptoms (psychosis, mood, anxiety, hostility, withdrawal); total + symptom dimensions

Length and format

18 (standard); 24 (expanded BPRS-E). 7-point severity (1 not present - 7 extremely severe), clinician interview/observation (clinician-rated/interview)

Language versions

Many incl. ES, FR, DE, NL, IT, SL, PT, ZH, JA; very broadly validated (incl. 5-country SE-European BPRS-E study)

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

public-domain / open

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Reference

Overall, J.E., & Gorham, D.R. (1962). The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. Psychological Reports, 10(3), 799-812.