Development of a graphic psychiatric self-rating scale.
This report describes the development of a clinical instrument that is intended to assess general inpatient psychopathology among patients who cannot communicate directly with the clinician, either due to a language barrier or other problems with verbal communication. Reliability and validity of the instrument indicate that it can serve a useful purpose as a self-rating scale that obviates the need for extensive verbal communication. The scale also appears to be sensitive to changes in symptom intensity over time.
Ernst
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Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY 10003.
Vingiano
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009633:Nonverbal Communication; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis