title: Scale for Assessment of Thought, Language and Communication in psychotic in-patients.
abstract: The reliability and usefulness of the Scale for Assessment of Thought, Language and Communication was evaluated in a group of psychotic in-patients. A very high interrater reliability (0.75-1.0) and an optimum rate-rerate reliability (0.50-1.0) were found on the individual items of the scale as well as the global rating. Since the scale has a good scope in different clinical and research settings, it was necessary to evaluate its reliability at a place other than where it originated. This study confirms its usefulness in the field of both clinical practice and research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Mazumdar
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Chaturvedi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Gopinath
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012564:Schizophrenic Language; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D013850:Thinking; D014705:Verbal Behavior