Psychiatry and Psychology

Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale

A scale comprising 18 symptom constructs chosen to represent relatively independent dimensions of manifest psychopathology. The initial intended use was to provide more efficient assessment of treatment response in clinical psychopharmacology research; however, the scale was readily adapted to other uses. (From Hersen, M. and Bellack, A.S., Dictionary of Behavioral Assessment Techniques, p. 87)

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A scale comprising 18 symptom constructs chosen to represent relatively independent dimensions of manifest psychopathology. The initial intended use was to provide more efficient assessment of treatment response in clinical psychopharmacology research; however, the scale was readily adapted to other uses. (From Hersen, M. and Bellack, A.S., Dictionary of Behavioral Assessment Techniques, p. 87)

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  • Overall and Gorham Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale
  • Overall-Gorham Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale
  • Overall Gorham Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale

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95; OVERALL AND GORHAM BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE was heading 1975-94 (see under PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES 1975-90)

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  1. F04.711w.513w.653.083w

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010054. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010054
  2. Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brief_Psychiatric_Rating_Scale
  3. Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4967025