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Full name of scale |
Bonn Scale for the Assessment of Basic Symptoms |
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Languages |
English, Japanese |
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Rater
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2 raters were specialists in psychiatry with special interest in psychopathology. (one formally trained for the use of BSABS under the supervision of one of the developers of the scale (Klosterkötter).) |
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Training |
No information but one study mentions 12 training sessions (Vollmer-Larsen, A., Handest, P., & Parnas, J. (2007). Reliability of measuring anomalous experience: The Bonn Scale for the Assessment of Basic Symptoms. Psychopathology, 40(5), 345–348) |
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Utility |
Can be used for clinical, research purposes
Semi-structured interview consisting of 92 principal items described in a prototypical manner, supplemented by differential-diagnostic guidelines, examples of questions and suggestions of probes. |
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Time to complete |
Up to 180 min psychopathological interview |
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Cost/license |
Not found |
Gross G, Stassen HH, Huber G, & Klosterkötter J. (1990). Reliability of the psychopathological documentation scheme BSABS. In Stefanis CN, Rabavilas AD, & Soldatos CR (Eds.), A World Perspective (pp. 199–203). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Vollmer-Larsen, A., Handest, P., & Parnas, J. (2007). Reliability of measuring anomalous experience: The Bonn Scale for the Assessment of Basic Symptoms. Psychopathology, 40(5), 345–348. Follow this link for the article.
