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Full name of scale |
BSI- Brief Symptom Inventory |
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Languages |
English, French, Spanish, Hindi, Italian and other languages |
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Rater
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Patient-rated Intended for medical and psychiatric patients as well as individuals who are not patients. |
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Utility |
Clinical and research settings. It is used to identify the psychological profile, intensity of symptoms, and overall level of distress of an individual |
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Time to complete |
Less than 10 minutes (1-2 minutes devoted to the introduction of the instrument) |
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Cost/license |
Copyrighted forms and the BSI manual (Derogatis, 1993) are available from the publisher. |
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Other information |
It uses very basic vocabulary; can be administered to individuals who have reached a reading knowledge equivalent to that of an American sixth-grade education. |
Derogatis, L. (1995). Brief symptom inventory. Baltimore, MD: Clinical Psychometric Research.
Derogatis, L. R. (1982). Brief symptom inventory: Administration, scoring, and procedures manual-II. Minneapolis: NCS Pearson Assessments. Inc.
