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Brief Symptom Inventory ^TM (BSI ®)

	Author(s)
Derogatis Leonard R

Purpose

Pathology:

Psychiatry/psychology

Disease:

Generic for psychiatry/psychology

Objective:

Designed to reflect the psychological distress and symptom patterns of psychiatric and medical patients, as well as community samples

Population for intended use:

Adolescent
Adult

Characteristics

Type of instrument:

Signs and symptoms

Administration mode:

Self-administered

[ Self-administered after an introduction by an interviewer ]

Number of items:

53 (a 18 item short form also exists: somatization, depression and anxiety)

Existence of database:

Yes

Recall/Observation period:

The past 7 days, including today

Language(s)

Original language:

English for the USA

List of existing translations:

The translations listed below may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study.

This list of translations is subject to constant changes, therefore please check the status of translations with MAPI Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors

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Spanish, French for Canada

Last update: March 2007
Last update in collaboration with the author: 2004