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BSI Q-global Profile Report

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Brief Symptom Inventory

Leonard R. Derogatis

The efficient Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) instrument provides patient-reported data to help support clinical decision-making at intake and during the course of treatment in multiple settings

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Answer Sheets

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Interpretive Reports

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Hand/Manual Scoring

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Brief Symptom Inventory 18

Includes:

<ul>

<li>BSI Manual</li>

<li>50 answer sheets with test items</li>

<li>50 profile forms</li>

<li>2 worksheets</li>

</ul>

BSI Hand Scoring Starter Kit for Outpatient Psychiatric

BSI Hand Scoring Starter Kit for Inpatient Psychiatric

Includes:

<ul>

<li>BSI Manual</li>

<li>50 answer sheets with test items</li>

<li>50 profile forms and 2 worksheets</li>

</ul>

BSI Hand Scoring Starter Kit for Adolescent Nonpatient

Includes:

<ul>

<li>BSI Manual</li>

<li>50 answer sheets with Test Items</li>

<li>50 profile forms and 2 worksheets</li>

</ul>

BSI Hand Scoring Starter Kit for Adult Nonpatient

BSI Manual (Print)

BSI Q-global Interpretive Report

BSI Answer Sheets, test items included

BSI Adolescent Nonpatient Profile Forms, includes 2 worksheets

BSI Outpatient Psychiatric Profile Forms, includes 2 worksheets

BSI Adult Nonpatient Profile Forms, includes 2 worksheets

BSI Inpatient Psychiatric Profile Forms, includes 2 worksheets

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Overview

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			The efficient Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) instrument provides patient-reported data to help support clinical decision-making at intake and during the course of treatment in multiple settings.

			<ul>
				<li>Assess patients at intake for psychological problems</li>
				<li>Objectively support care management decisions</li>
				<li>Measure patient progress during and after treatment to monitor change</li>
				<li>Provide outcomes measurement for treatment programmes and providers through aggregated patient information</li>
			</ul>

			<h3>Key Features</h3>

			<ul>
				<li>The BSI test is brief and requires only 8-10 minutes to complete, making it well-suited for repeated administrations over time to evaluate patient progress.</li>
				<li>The BSI instrument provides an overview of a patient&#39;s symptoms and their intensity at a specific point in time.</li>
				<li>The Global Severity Index (GSI) is designed to help quantify a patient&#39;s severity-of-illness and provides a single composite score for measuring the outcome of a treatment program based on reducing symptom severity.</li>
				<li>The reliability, validity, and utility of the BSI instrument have been tested in more than 400 research studies</li>
			</ul>

			<h3>Scales</h3>

			Symptom Scales 
			SOM - Somatization 
			O-C - Obsessive-Compulsive 
			I-S - Interpersonal Sensitivity 
			DEP - Depression 
			ANX - Anxiety 
			HOS - Hostility 
			PHOB - Phobic Anxiety 
			PAR - Paranoid Ideation 
			PSY - Psychoticism

			Global Indices 
			GSI - Global Severity Index, Helps measure overall psychological distress level 
			PSDI - Positive Symptom Distress Index, Helps measure the intensity of symptoms 
			PST - Positive Symptom Total, Reports number of self-reported symptoms

			<h3>Norm Groups</h3>

			Adult Nonpatient 
			The adult nonpatient norms are based on 974 individuals&mdash;494 males and 480 females. Approximately 85% of the sample was white and 60% was married. The mean age was 46.

			Adult Psychiatric Outpatient 
			The adult psychiatric outpatient norms are based on 1,002 individuals&mdash;425 males and 577 females. Approximately 67% of the sample was white and 46% was single. The mean age was 31.2.

			Adult Psychiatric Inpatient 
			The adult psychiatric inpatient norms are based on 423 individuals&mdash;158 males and 265 females. Approximately 56% of the sample was white and 44% was single. The mean age was 33.1.

			Adolescent Nonpatient 
			The adolescent norms are based on 2,408 individuals&mdash;1,601males and 807 females. The data were gathered in six separate schools in two states. Approximately 58% of the sample was white, and the mean age was 15.8.

			<h3>Report Options</h3>

			Profile Report:

			Presents raw and normalized T scores for each of the nine Primary Symptom Dimensions and the three Global Indices. For adults, the plotted T scores are profiled based on your choice of the nonpatient, outpatient or inpatient norms. (The T scores for the remaining norm groups are printed below the profile.) For adolescents, the plotted T scores are based on the adolescent nonpatient norms.

			Progress Report&nbsp;This report is designed for monitoring a client&#39;s progress over time. Provided at no additional charge, it graphically displays scale-by-scale changes in a client&#39;s scores for up to five previously reported BSI administrations. The progress report is based on nonpatient norms.

			<h3>Q-global&reg; Administration Options</h3>

			This product is available on Q-global with the following administration options:

			On-Screen Administration (OSA)

			Your clients can complete these assessment online through Q-global. Alternatively, your client can complete the assessment in paper-pencil format, and their responses can then be data-entered into Q-global for scoring and report generation. On Screen Administrations are proctored (supervised) unless specifically indicated.

			Remote On-Screen Administration (ROSA) 
			These assessments can be emailed to clients, teachers, or parents, so that the assessment can be completed at their own location. These assessments are not proctored (supervised).

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			<h3>Sample Reports</h3>

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				<li><a href="/content/dam/school/global/clinical/au/assets/bsi/bsi-interpretive-report-sample.pdf" target="_blank">BSI Sample Interpretive Report</a></li>
				<li><a href="/content/dam/school/global/clinical/au/assets/bsi/bsi-profile-report-sample.pdf" target="_blank">BSI Sample Profile Report</a></li>
				<li><a href="/content/dam/school/global/clinical/au/assets/bsi/bsi-progress-report-sample.pdf" target="_blank">BSI Sample Progress Report</a></li>
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