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BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE (BPRS)

Please enter the score for the term which best describes the patient’s condition.
0 = not assessed, 1 = not present, 2 = very mild, 3 = mild, 4 = moderate, 5 = moderately severe, 6 = severe, 7 = extremely severe

1. SOMATIC CONCERN 10. HOSTILITY

Degree of concern over present bodily health. Rate the Animosity, contempt, belligerence, disdain for other people
degree to which physical health is perceived as a problem outside the interview situation. Rate solely on the basis of
by the patient, whether complaints have a realistic basis or SCORE the verbal report of feelings and actions of the patient SCORE
not. toward others; do not infer hostility from neurotic defenses,
anxiety, nor somatic complaints. (Rate attitude toward
interviewer under “uncooperativeness”).
2. ANXIETY 11. SUSPICIOUSNESS
Worry, fear, or over-concern for present or future. Rate Brief (delusional or otherwise) that others have now, or
solely on the basis of verbal report of patient’s own SCORE have had in the past, malicious or discriminatory intent SCORE
subjective experiences. Do not infer anxiety from physical toward the patient. On the basis of verbal report, rate only
signs or from neurotic defense mechanisms. those suspicions which are currently held whether they
concern past or present circumstances.
3. EMOTIONAL WITHDRAWAL 12. HALLUCINATORY BEHAVIOR
Deficiency in relating to the interviewer and to the Perceptions without normal external stimulus
interviewer situation. Rate only the degree to which the SCORE correspondence. Rate only those experiences which are SCORE
patient gives the impression of failing to be in emotional reported to have occurred within the last week and which
contact with other people in the interview situation. are described as distinctly different from the thought and
imagery processes of normal people.
4. CONCEPTUAL DISORGANIZATION 13. MOTOR RETARDATION
Degree to which the thought processes are confused, Reduction in energy level evidenced in slowed movements.
disconnected, or disorganized. Rate on the basis of SCORE Rate on the basis of observed behavior of the patient only; SCORE
integration of the verbal products of the patient; do not rate do not rate on the basis of patient’s subjective impression
on the basis of patient’s subjective impression of his own of own energy level.
level of functioning.
5. GUILT FEELINGS 14. UNCOOPERATIVENESS
Over-concern or remorse for past behavior. Rate on the Evidence of resistance, unfriendliness, resentment, and
basis of the patient’s subjective experiences of guilt as lack of readiness to cooperate with the interviewer. Rate
evidenced by verbal report with appropriate affect; do not SCORE only on the basis of the patient’s attitude and responses to SCORE
infer guilt feelings from depression, anxiety or neurotic the interviewer and the interview situation; do not rate on
defenses. basis of reported resentment or uncooperativeness outside
the interview situation.
6. TENSION 15. UNUSUAL THOUGHT CONTENT
SCORE
Physical and motor manifestations of tension “nervousness”, Unusual, odd, strange or bizarre thought content. Rate
and heightened activation level. Tension should be rated SCORE here the degree of unusualness, not the degree of
solely on the basis of physical signs and motor behavior and disorganization of thought processes.
not on the basis of subjective experiences of tension
reported by the patient.
7. MANNERISMS AND POSTURING 16. BLUNTED AFFECT
Unusual and unnatural motor benavior, the type of motor Reduced emotional tone, apparent lack of normal feeling or
behavior which causes certain mental patients to stand out SCORE involvement. SCORE

in a crowd of normal people. Rate only abnormality of

movements; do not rate simple heightened motor activity
here.
8. GRANDIOSITY 17. EXCITEMENT
Exaggerated self-opinion, conviction of unusual ability or SCORE Heightened emotional tone, agitation, increased reactivity. SCORE
powers. Rate only on the basis of patient’s statements about
himself or self-in-relation-to-others, not on the basis of his
demeanor in the interview situation.
9. DEPRESSIVE MOOD 18. DISORIENTATION
Despondency in mood, sadness. Rate only degree of SCORE Confusion or lack of proper association for person, place or SCORE
despondency; do not rate on the basis of inferences time.
concerning depression based upon general retardation and
somatic complaints.