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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.
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Dingemans, P.M.A.J., Linszen, D.H., Lenior, M.E. et al. Component structure of the expanded Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS-E). Psychopharmacology 122, 263–267 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02246547
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