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A standardized psychiatric assessment scale for rating chronic psychotic patients
Author(s) -
Krawiecka M.,
Goldberg D.,
Vaughan M.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1977.tb00174.x
Subject(s) - rating scale , psychiatry , reliability (semiconductor) , psychometrics , psychology , scale (ratio) , brief psychiatric rating scale , clinical psychology , medicine , psychosis , developmental psychology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
Simple 5‐point scales are described together with the method used to study their reliability, the results of which are shown. The scales are short, easy to administer and sensitive to change, therefore particularly applicable where there is the need for screening chronic psychotic populations. Some uses for the scales are suggested.