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.. _bprse:

Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, Expanded (BPRS-E)
-------------------------------------------------

History and guide
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Based on the :ref:`BPRS <bprs>` (q.v.), to which are added new items for
schizophrenia (bizarre behaviour, self-neglect, suicidality) and mania
(elevated mood, distractibility, motor hyperactivity).

Original: Lukoff et al. (1986), http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3810065.

Source
~~~~~~

Lukoff et al. (1986), as above, and BPRS-E (version 4.0) at
http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/icmha/outreach/documents/BPRS_expanded.PDF.

Intellectual property rights
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Public domain.

- The :ref:`BPRS <bprs>` is in the public domain (q.v.) and the BPRS-E is a
  direct extension.

- “Public domain”
  (http://www.excellenceforchildandyouth.ca/support-tools/measure-profile?id=55,
  accessed 2012-09-05.)
