title: The WHO Psychological Impairments Rating Schedule (WHO/PIRS). I. Introducing a new instrument for rating observed behaviour and the rationale of the psychological impairment concept.
authors.affiliation: WHO Collaborating Centre of Mental Health, Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Biehl
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maurer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jablensky
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tomov
mesh_terms: D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment; D014944:World Health Organization