Brief Symptom Inventory

Derogatis, L. R., Melisaratos, N. (1983). The Brief Symptom Inventory An introductory report. Psychological Medicine, 13, 595-605. 

Derogatis, L.R. (1994) SCL-90, Brief Symptom Inventory and matching clinical rating scales. In M. Mamish (ed.), Psychological Testing, Treatment Planning, and Outcome Assessment, Erlbaum, New York. 

Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI). The BSI, developed by Derogatis in 1983, is the shorter form of the SCL-90-R (19). It is also self-administered and assesses the same nine symptom dimensions as the SCL-90-R and three global indices using 53 items. Dimension scores correlate highly with comparable SCL-90-R scores and it shares most psychometric characteristics. It takes 10 to 15 minutes to complete and is used widely with community adolescents and adults, inpatients, and outpatients. The BSI demonstrates good reliability and validity (18). 

Derogatis LR, Lazarus L. The SCL 90-R. Brief symptom inventory and matching clinical rating scales. In Maruish M, ed. The Use of Treatment Planning and Outcome Assessment. L. Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, New Jersey 1994 217-248. 

Derogatis LR, Melisaratos N. The brief symptom inventory an introductory report. Psychol Med 1983 13 595-605. 

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