title: Component structure of the expanded Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS-E).
abstract: The component structure of the expanded Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS-E) was analyzed in a sample (n = 150) of consecutively admitted general psychiatric inpatients and compared with a group (n = 97) of adolescent patients with schizophrenia spectrum diagnoses. A stable five-component solution, of which four were interpretable, was found across groups. The component scales of the 24-item version of the BPRS had good internal consistency, allowed better coverage of schizophrenia and affective symptoms than the 18-item version but did not distinguish the schizophrenia diagnostic subgroups. The implications of the findings are discussed.
authors: Psychiatric Center of the Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors: P M
authors: PM
authors: Dingemans
authors: D H
authors: DH
authors: Linszen
authors: M E
authors: ME
authors: Lenior
authors: R M
authors: RM
authors: Smeets
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D010054:Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*