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A comparison of the behavioral observation system (BOS) with clinician ratings of psychosis and mania
Author(s) -
LewisSmithson Crystal,
Mogge Neil L.,
LePage James P.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.20652
Subject(s) - mania , psychosis , psychology , rating scale , clinical psychology , young mania rating scale , psychiatry , brief psychiatric rating scale , convergent validity , scale (ratio) , psychometrics , bipolar disorder , developmental psychology , mood , internal consistency , physics , quantum mechanics
This study investigated the relationship of the behavioral observation system (BOS; LePage & Mogge, 2001) and clinician ratings of psychosis and mania. Fifty interviews with psychiatric inpatients using the Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms, the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms, and the Young Mania Rating scale were completed. Paraprofessionals completed a BOS on the patient during the same day of the clinician's interview. The results of the study demonstrate the convergent validity of the BOS scales and support the use of the BOS by paraprofessionals to assess behaviors associated with psychosis and mania. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 66: 333–338, 2010.