Preferred Label : Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale 1988 Version Clinical Classification;
NCIt synonyms : BPRS 1988 Version;
NCIt related terms : BPRS01;
NCIt definition : A standardized 18-item clinician-rated instrument, initially published as a 16-item
questionnaire in 1962 by Drs. John Overall and Donald Gorham and revised in 1974 and
1988, that utilizes a seven-point response scale to assess the symptoms of somatic
concern, anxiety, emotional withdrawal, conceptual disorganization, guilt feelings,
tension, mannerisms and posturing, grandiosity, depressive mood, hostility, suspiciousness,
hallucinatory behavior, motor retardation, uncooperativeness, unusual thought content,
blunted affect, excitement, and disorientation in individuals with psychotic disorders.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale 1988 Version (BPRS 1988 VERSION) (Overall, JE,
Gorham DR: The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS): recent developments in ascertainment
and scaling. Psychopharmacology Bulletin 24:97-99, 1988). CDISC believes this instrument
to be in the public domain, but you should perform your own assessment.;
NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL970299;
Origin ID : C161657;
UMLS CUI : C5205980;
Semantic type(s)
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