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.. _panss:

Positive and negative syndrome scale (PANSS) for schizophrenia
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.. include:: include_data_collection_plus_local_upgrade.rst

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

Original: Kay SR, Fiszbein A, Opler LA (1987). The positive and negative
syndrome scale (PANSS) for schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin 13: 261–276,
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3616518 and
http://schizophreniabulletin.oxfordjournals.org/content/13/2/261.long.

Source
~~~~~~

From Kay et al. (1987), as above, http://www.bli.uzh.ch/PDF/panss.pdf,
http://www.emotionalwellbeing.southcentral.nhs.uk/resources/doc_download/62-panss-positive-and-negative-syndrome-scale-pdf-document.

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

- Copyright © Multi-Health Systems, Inc. (http://www.mhs.com) (personal
  communication, Mark G.A. Opler of Prophase LLC (http://www.prophase.com/) to
  Rudolf Cardinal, 2014-08-2).

- Original article © Oxford University Press. Elements of the scale potentially
  under that copyright (and permission given), but not all.

- Open-access text at
  http://schizophreniabulletin.oxfordjournals.org/content/13/2/261.long.

- The PANSS Institute (http://www.panss.org) provides certification and
  training, but no mention of any restriction on PANSS use (accessed
  2012-09-05).

- The PANSS is based on the :ref:`BPRS <bprs>`, which is public domain (q.v.).

- Article copyright © 1987, Oxford University Press.

- Permission given without charge to use aspects of the PANSS covered by the
  article copyright (personal communication, Oxford University Press via
  RightsLink to Rudolf Cardinal, 2013-05-01).

- The PANSS is sold commercially
  (https://ecom.mhs.com/inventory.aspx?gr=cli&prod=panss&id=pricing&RptGrpID=pan,
  accessed 2014-08-02). Multi-Health Systems Inc. (MHS) assert copyright over
  the PANSS (personal communication, Betty Mangos, MHS, to Rudolf Cardinal,
  2017-11-30).

- Therefore, task not implemented; cut-down data collection version only.
