Evaluation of standardized rater training for the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS);Evaluation eines standardisierten trainings fur die 'Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale' (PANSS)

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Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 195-204

  Muller M J ^a   Rossbach, W ^a   Davids, E ^a   Wetzel, H ^a   Benkert, O ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interrater reliability; Negative symptoms; PANSS; Positive symptoms; Quality assurance; Rater training; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRAINING; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; GERMANY; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DELUSIONS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0343527200     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001150050029     Document Type: Article

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