Brief Symptom Inventory

BSI
  • Leonard R. Derogatis, PhD
The efficient Brief Symptom Inventory® instrument provides patient-reported data to support clinical decision-making at intake and during the course of treatment in multiple settings. Use BSI® to help assess patients and objectively support care management decisions. Guidance on using this test in your telepractice.

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  • Kits

    Starter & complete kits, print & digital

    4 options

    From USD 188.72
  • Test forms reports

    Booklets, record forms, answer sheets, report usages & subscriptions

    7 options

    From USD 7.59
  • Support materials

    Manuals, stimulus books, replacement items & other materials

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  • BSI Handscore Answer Sheets Qty 50 (Print)
    05627 Qualification Level B

    Includes test items

    USD 104.65

  • BSI Nonpatient Adolescent Handscore Starter Kit (Print)
    00651 Qualification Level B

    Includes Manual (Print), 50 Answer Sheets with test items (Print), 50 Profile Forms (Print) and 2 worksheets (Print)

    USD 192.17

    Estimated to ship:1-2 weeks
  • BSI Inpatient Psychiatric Handscore Starter Kit (Print)
    00653 Qualification Level B

    Includes Manual (Print), 50 Answer Sheets with test items (Print), 50 Profile Forms (Print) and 2 worksheets (Print)

    USD 192.17

  • BSI Manual (Print)
    05616 Qualification Level B

    USD 69.12

  • BSI Inpatient Psychiatric Handscore Profiles Qty 50 (Print)
    05626 Qualification Level B

    Includes 50 Profile Forms (Print) and 2 worksheets (Print)

    USD 48.30

  • BSI Outpatient Psychiatric Handscore Starter Kit (Print)
    00652 Qualification Level B

    Includes Manual (Print), 50 Answer Sheets with test items (Print), 50 Profile Forms (Print) and 2 worksheets (Print)

    USD 192.17

    Estimated to ship:1-2 weeks
  • BSI Nonpatient Adolescent Handscore Profiles Qty 50 (Print)
    05624 Qualification Level B

    Includes 50 Profile Forms (Print) and 2 worksheets (Print)

    USD 48.30

  • BSI Nonpatient Adult Handscore Starter Kit (Print)
    00677 Qualification Level B

    Includes Manual (Print), 50 Answer Sheets with test items (Print), 50 Profile Forms (Print) and 2 worksheets (Print)

    USD 188.72

  • BSI Outpatient Psychiatric Handscore Profiles Qty 50 (Print)
    05625 Qualification Level B

    Includes 50 Profile Forms (Print) and 2 worksheets (Print)

    USD 48.30

  • BSI Q-global Interpretive Administration/Report Qty 1 (Digital)
    63260 Qualification Level B

    USD 17.60

    1-4 USD 17.60
    5-49 USD 16.22
    50-99 USD 15.87
    100-249 USD 15.41
    250+ USD 14.95
    Savings are estimated
  • BSI Audio CD
    05678 Qualification Level B

    USD 92.23

  • BSI Q-global Administration, Scoring and Procedures Manual (Digital)
    0150300786 Qualification Level B

    Once ordered, the digital asset is accessible by logging into Q-global and visiting the Q-global Resource Library. It is a view-only digital file.

    USD 68.43

  • BSI Nonpatient Adult Handscore Profiles Qty 50 (Print)
    05623 Qualification Level B

    Includes 50 Profile Forms (Print) and 2 worksheets (Print)

    USD 48.30

  • BSI Q-global Profile Administration/Report Qty 1 (Digital)
    63261 Qualification Level B

    USD 7.59

    1-4 USD 7.59
    5-49 USD 7.02
    50-99 USD 6.79
    100-249 USD 6.67
    250+ USD 6.44
    Savings are estimated

Overview

Publication date:
1993
Age range:
Individuals 13 years and older
Reading Level:
6th grade
Qualification level:
B
Completion time:
8–10 minutes (53 items; 5-point rating scale)
Administration:
Paper-and-pencil, CD, or computer administration
Scoring options:
Q-global® web-based, Q Local™ Software, Mail-in and manual
Report Options:
Interpretive, Profile, and Progress Reports
Norms:
Adult nonpatients, Adult psychiatric outpatients, Adult psychiatric inpatients, Adolescent nonpatients
Telepractice:
Guidance on using this test in your telepractice

Product Details

Psychologists, psychiatrists, physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals can use the BSI instrument to measure patient progress during and after treatment to monitor change. BASI also provides outcomes measurement for treatment programs and providers through aggregated patient information.

Benefits

  • Assess patients at intake for psychological problems.
  • Objectively support care management decisions.
  • Measure patient progress during and after treatment to monitor change.
  • Provide outcomes measurement for treatment programs and providers through aggregated patient information.

Features

The BSI instrument provides an overview of a patient's symptoms and their intensity at a specific point in time.

  • Takes 8-10 minutes to complete, making it well-suited for repeated administrations over time to evaluate patient progress.
  • The Global Severity Index helps quantify a patient's severity-of-illness and provides a single composite score for measuring the outcome of a treatment program.
  • The reliability, validity, and utility of the BSI instrument have been tested in more than 400 research studies.
  • Nine Symptom Scales are scored: Somatization (SOM), Obsessive Compulsive (O-C), Interpersonal Sensitivity (I-S), Depression (DEP), Anxiet (ANX), Hostility (HOS), Phobi Anxiety (PHOB), Paranoid Ideation (PAR), and Psychoticism (PSY).
  • Includes three Global Indices: Global Severity Index (GSI), Positive Symptoms Distress Index (PSDI) and Positive Symptom Total (PST).

Sample Reports

Profile Report: presents raw and normalized T scores for each of the nine Primary Symptom Dimensions and the three Global Indices.

Interpret Report: provides a narrative overview of the client's symptoms at the global level and specific statements describing the individual symptom scale scores. 

Progress Report: monitors a client’s progress over time.

Telepractice

Find out how to use this test in your telepractice.

Learn more

 

Resources

FAQs

Frequently asked questions follow. Click on a question to see the response.

Do any of the BSI reports contain all of the normative groups?

The BSI Interpretive and Profile Reports provide information on all three adult normative groups: nonpatient, psychiatric outpatient, and psychiatric inpatient. The BSI Profile Report graphically displays the data using the norm group of your choice. The BSI Interpretive Report graphically displays the data using the nonpatient norms. The other T scores are listed below this profile graph.

How can I find out the statistical relationships between the BSI test and SCL-90-R assessments?

See Table 13 in the BSI manual.

Is the BSI available in other languages?

The BSI assessment is available in Spanish and French for Canada. Forms for the Spanish version are available for use with the MICROTEST Q system and hand-scoring. Forms for the French for Canada version are available for use with hand-scoring only.

What is the difference between the SCL-90-R assessment and the original SCL-90 assessment?

The SCL-90 assessment is an unnormed precursor to the SCL-90-R assessment. The original SCL-90 anxiety scale did not work and its obsessive-compulsive scale was very weak. After the assessment was revised, norms were developed for the revised assessment (SCL-90-R), and the BSI assessment was developed from that. Most research has been conducted using the SCL-90-R and BSI instruments.

 

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