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December 1, 1973Psychological Reports

Inter- and Intra-Rater Reliability of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale

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AFAbraham FlemenbaumTexas Tech University RZRobert ZimmermannEngineering Software Steyr (Austria)

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Reliability study demonstrates high overall consistency using the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale across mental health professionals, indicating dependable scoring across training levels.

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To evaluate the inter-rater and intra-rater consistency of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale across mental health professionals with varying levels of clinical training.
Evaluated consistency among 37 raters, comprising 14 staff psychiatrists, 11 psychiatric residents, 10 clinical psychologists and interns, and 2 nurses.
Used videotaped patient interviews and mock evaluations of typical clinical cases to test score stability across symptoms and time.
Total scores showed the highest stability over time, whereas individual symptom scale scores were the least consistent.
Psychiatric residents showed greater temporal and inter-rater consistency, while psychologists rated typical cases more consistently, with differences not strictly tracking training level.
Overall reliability coefficients for the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale were as high as could be expected qualitatively across clinical groups.

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Flemenbaum et al. (1973) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1bfce4ea84844e355f464b https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1973.33.3.783

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Reliability study demonstrates high overall consistency using the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale across mental health professionals, indicating dependable scoring across training levels.

Inter- and Intra-Rater Reliability of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale

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Inter- and Intra-Rater Reliability of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale

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