Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale 1988 Version Clinical Classification

**Semantic type:** Intellectual Product

**Definition:** A standardized 18-item clinician-rated instrument, initially published as a 16-item questionnaire in 1962 by Drs. John Overall and Donald Gorham and revised in 1974 and 1988, that utilizes a seven-point response scale to assess the symptoms of somatic concern, anxiety, emotional withdrawal, conceptual disorganization, guilt feelings, tension, mannerisms and posturing, grandiosity, depressive mood, hostility, suspiciousness, hallucinatory behavior, motor retardation, uncooperativeness, unusual thought content, blunted affect, excitement, and disorientation in individuals with psychotic disorders.

**Synonyms:** - BPRS 1988 VERSION - BPRS 1988 Version - BPRS01