Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms
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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.
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HallucinationsEdit
- Auditory Hallucinations
- Voices Commenting
- Voices Conversing
- Somatic or Tactile Hallucinations
- Olfactory Hallucinations
- Visual Hallucinations
- Global Rating of Severity of Hallucinations
DelusionsEdit
- Persecutory Delusions
- Delusions of Jealousy
- Delusions of Sin or Guilt
- Grandiose Delusions
- Religious Delusions
- Somatic Delusions
- Ideas and Delusions of Reference
- Delusions of Being Controlled
- Delusions of Mind Reading
- Thought Broadcasting
- Thought Insertion
- Thought Withdrawal
- Global Rating of Severity of Delusions
Bizarre BehaviourEdit
- Clothing and Appearance
- Social and Sexual Behavior
- Aggressive and Agitated Behavior
- Repetitive or Stereotyped Behavior
- Global Rating of Severity of Bizarre Behavior
Positive Formal Thought DisorderEdit
- Derailment (Loose Associations)
- Tangentiality
- Incoherence (Word Salad, Schizophasia)
- Illogicality
- Circumstantiality
- Pressure of Speech
- Distractible Speech
- Clanging
- Global Rating of Positive Formal Thought Disorder
See also Edit
- Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS)
- Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS)
- Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS)
- Diagnostic classification and rating scales used in psychiatry
ReferencesEdit
- Andreasen NC: Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms (SANS) . Iowa City, University of Iowa, 1984;
