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Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale for Children

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Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale for Children

A redesign of the BPRS, a popular, valid, widely used and reliable rating scale for adults with schizophrenia. The BPRS-C consists of 21 items which generate 7 scales: behavioural problems, depression, thought disorders, psychomotor excitation, withdrawal-retardation, anxiety, organicity.
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