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Structured Interview for Psychosis-Risk Syndromes / Scale of Psychosis-Risk Symptoms.

SIPS/SOPS

What it measures
Clinician diagnosis of clinical-high-risk (prodromal) psychosis syndromes (SIPS) + dimensional severity of 19 risk symptoms across Positive(5)/Negative(6)/Disorganization(4)/General(4) (SOPS)
Length and format
SOPS = 19 severity items (within the SIPS interview). 0-6 severity per symptom; structured diagnostic interview (clinician-rated/interview)
Language versions
Many incl. ES, IT, KO, TR, ZH, JA; cited from 30+ countries
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
copyrighted - author permission

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Reference
Miller, T.J., et al. (2003). Prodromal assessment with the Structured Interview for Prodromal Syndromes and the Scale of Prodromal Symptoms: predictive validity, interrater reliability, and training. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 29(4), 703-715.

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