The psychometric properties of the Nepean Belief Scale as a tool for assessing delusions in schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders

The psychometric properties of the Nepean Belief Scale as a tool for assessing delusions in schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders

Objectives: To examine the psychometric characteristics of the Nepean Belief Scale (NBS) in psychiatric inpatients with delusions. The NBS is a five-item, clinician-administered scale that assesses the characteristics of beliefs, i.e. conviction, fixity, fluctuation, resistance and awareness that th...

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Main Authors: Priyadarshini Rajendran, Christine Van Winssen, Kirupamani Viswasam, Nooria Tariq, David Espinoza, Vladan Starcevic, Vlasios Brakoulias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-08-01
Series:Comprehensive Psychiatry
Subjects:
Delusions
Beliefs
Overvalued ideas
Psychosis
Schizophrenia
Scale
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010440X22000438

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