Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms

The Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms (SAPS) is a rating scale to measure positive symptoms in schizophrenia. The scale was developed by Nancy Andreasen and was first published in 1984. SAPS is split into 4 domains, and within each domain separate symptoms are rated from 0 (absent) to 5 (severe). The scale is closely linked to the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) which was published a few years earlier.

Items

Hallucinations

Delusions

Bizarre Behaviour

Positive Formal Thought Disorder

See also

References

Andreasen NC: Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms (SAPS) . Iowa City, University of Iowa, 1984;

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