Interrater reliability of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale used at a community-based inpatient crisis stabilization unit

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 583-587

  Ligon, Jan ^a   Thyer, Bruce A ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Brief treatment; Community based interventions; Crisis stabilization; Interrater reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; HUMAN; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CRISIS INTERVENTION; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0034083570     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(200004)56:4<583::AID-JCLP12>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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