Question

A clinician using a clinician-administered scale that provides broad measurements of specific symptoms such as anxiety, unusual thought content, and guilt feelings is most likely using what testing scale?

Answer 1

The clinician is using the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale or the BPRS. The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) is a rating scale which a clinician or scientist may use to quantify psychiatric side effects, for example, discouragement, tension, mind flights and strange conduct. Every manifestation is evaluated 1-7 and relying upon the rendition between an aggregate of 18-24 side effects are scored.