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Scales to measure dimensions of hallucinations and delusions: the psychotic symptom rating scales (PSYRATS).
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It is concluded that the PSYRATS are useful assessment instruments and can complement existing measures and have excellent inter-rater reliability.Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Scales to measure the severity of different dimensions of auditory hallucinations and delusions are few. Biochemical and psychological treatments target dimensions of symptoms and valid and reliable measures are necessary to measure these. METHOD: The inter-rater reliability and validity of the Psychotic Symptom Rating Scales (PSYRATS: auditory hallucination subscale and delusions subscale), which measure several dimensions of auditory hallucinations and delusions were examined in this study. RESULTS: The two scales were found to have excellent inter-rater reliability. Their validity as compared with the KGV scale (Krawiecka et al. 1977) was explored. CONCLUSIONS: It is concluded that the PSYRATS are useful assessment instruments and can complement existing measures.read more
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Rating Scales in Schizophrenia
TL;DR: In this chapter, the following commonly used “gold standard” scales to assess important domains of schizophrenia are described: the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), the Psychotic Symptom Rating Scales (PSYRATS), the Quality of Life Scale (QLS), the Schizophrenia Cognition Rating Scale (SCoRS), the Drug Attitude Inventory (DAI), and the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS).
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Caracterización fenotípica de una muestra clínica de pacientes con síndrome de deleción 22G11
TL;DR: The sindrome de delecion 22q11 (SD22q11) is one of the most prevalent sindromas for discapacidad intelectual and existen multiples estudios that relacionan the sindroma with un amplio abanico de fenotipos psicopatologicos, habiendose convertido en one of los factores de riesgo mas conocidos for desarrollar sintomatologia psicotica.
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