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Behavioural Observation Schedule (BOS), PIRS 2nd edition A revised edition of the PIRS (WHO, Geneva, March 1978)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2018

Zerrin Atakan  and
John E. Cooper
Zerrin Atakan
Affiliation:
Guy's Hospital, London
John E. Cooper
Affiliation:
Queen's Medical Centre, and Mapperley Hospital, University of Nottingham
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The Psychological Impairments Rating Schedule (PIRS) was originally designed by the WHO (Jablensky, 1978; see also Biehl et al this volume) and was used as a supplement to the Present State Examination (PSE) (Wing et al, 1974) in a number of collaborative WHO studies. It was mainly designed for assessing selected areas of psychological and behavioural impairments (or deficits) in patients who have suffered, or are suffering, from functional psychotic disorders. It comprised items and scales for rating observed behaviour and was filled in immediately or soon after a psychiatric or PSE interview. Raters were encouraged to take note of a subject's current behaviour and function both before and after the interview proper. The first two sections of PIRS included all behavioural items of PSE (ninth edition). Sections 18–20 as well as a number of items taken from other psychopathological rating scales and items formulated de novo.

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue S7: Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia , November 1989 , pp. 78 - 80
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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References

Jablensky, A. (1978) Psychological Impairments Rating Schedule. Geneva: WHO.Google Scholar
Wing, J.K., Cooper, J.E. & Sartorius, N. (1974) The Measurement and Classification of Psychiatric Symptoms. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar
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