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Full name of scale |
BPRS(all) – Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale |
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Languages |
English, French, Slovenian, Dutch, other languages |
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French version reference |
Mouaffak, F., Morvan, Y., Bannour, S., Chayet, M., Bourdel, M. C., Thepaut, G., ... & Krebs, M. O. (2009). Validation of the French version of the expanded Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale with anchor BPRS-E (A). L'encephale, 36(4), 294-301. |
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Rater |
Clinician-rated |
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Training |
Requires training |
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Utility |
The BPRS is a rating scale which a clinician or researcher may use to measure psychiatric symptoms such as depression, anxiety, hallucinations, psychosis and unusual behaviour. 24-items are rated between 1 (not present) to 7 (extremely severe). |
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Time to complete |
Can be as little as 20-30 minutes |
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Cost/license |
Open Access. BPRS Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. (2021, March 19). Psychiatric Times. https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/bprs-brief-psychiatric-rating-scale |
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Other relevant info |
The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale for Children (BPRS-C) provide quantitative representation of seven major dimensions of psychopathology, separating some 18 DSM-III child and adolescent diagnostic groups. |
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Full name of scale |
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (Overall & Gorham, 1962) / Expanded (Lukoff, Nuechterlein, & Ventura, 1986) |
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Languages |
English, Malay, Spanish French version of the Expanded BPRS available |
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French version reference |
Mouaffak, F., Morvan, Y., Bannour, S., Chayet, M., Bourdel, M.-C., Thepaut, G., Kazes, M., Guelfi, J.-D., Millet, B., Olié, J.-P., & Krebs, M.-O. (2010). Validation de la version française de l’échelle abrégée d’appréciation Psychiatrique étendue avec ancrage, BPRS-E(a). L'Encéphale, 36(4), 294–301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.encep.2009.04.003 |
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Rater |
Clinicians or researchers |
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Training |
Training is needed for raters. |
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Utility |
BPRS is brief, provides a quantitative score of global psychopathology following an open-ended interview.
Degrees of pathology in each of the 16 symptom areas can be obtained to get a separate score; useful for evaluating patient change during treatment
Can be used for both pure and applied research |
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Time to complete |
Approximately 18 minutes for brief version |
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Cost/license |
Open access |
Overall, J. E., & Gorham, D. R. (1962). The brief psychiatric rating scale. Psychological Reports, 10(3), 799–812. Follow this link for the article.
Lukoff, D., Nuechterlein, K. H., & Ventura, J. (1986). Manual for the expanded brief psychiatric rating scale. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 12, 594–602.
