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The Present State Examination Change Rating Scale

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

K. H. Tress ,
C. Bellenis ,
J. M. Brownlow ,
G. Livingston  and
J. P. Leff
C. Bellenis
Affiliation:
The Tavistock Institute, London
J. M. Brownlow
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, London
G. Livingston
Affiliation:
Friern Hospital, London
J. P. Leff
Affiliation:
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Outstation, Friern Hospital, Friern Barnet Road, London Nll 3BP
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Abstract

The development and use of a new psychiatric symptom change scale based on the Present State Examination (PSE) - the PSE Change Rating Scale - is described. The advantages of the PSE are retained (the extensive glossary, the diagnostic facility and the standardised interview technique) while improving its sensitivity to change and decreasing its administration time. The scale has been designed to prevent feedback of results and ‘halo’ effects: it has proved highly reliable in use across raters with different backgrounds and experience. The scale has been used to monitor drug effects on clinical state across a variety of diagnoses and examples of its use are given.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 150 , Issue 2 , February 1987 , pp. 201 - 207
Copyright
Copyright © 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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