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Brief Symptom Inventory

BSI

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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    • BSI Q-global Interpretive Report Starter Kit
      63263 Qualification Level B

      Includes Manual (Print), 3 Answer Sheets with test items (Print), and 3 report usages (Digital)

      $84.40

      Please note that the item can still be purchased. We will update you as soon as the item is back in our stock.

    • 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)

      $164.10

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    • 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)

      $167.10

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    • 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)

      $167.10

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    • 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)

      $167.10

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

      $7.50

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

      $15.00

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    • BSI Q Local Profile Administration/Report Qty 1 (Digital)
      51451 Qualification Level B

      $7.50

      Report administrations can only be ordered via the Q Local software or by phone at 866-627-7271. Find out more about ordering via the software by clicking here.

    • BSI Q Local Interpretive Administration/Report Qty 1 (Digital)
      51457 Qualification Level B

      $15.00

      Report administrations can only be ordered via the Q Local software or by phone at 866-627-7271. Find out more about ordering via the software by clicking here.

    • BSI Mail-In Profile Report Qty 1
      05658 Qualification Level B

      Includes Answer Sheet with test items (Print) and report processed by Pearson's scoring department

      $12.10

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      Estimated to ship:5-6 weeks
    • BSI Mail-In Profile Report Spanish Qty 1
      05661 Qualification Level B

      Includes Answer Sheet with test items (Print) and report processed by Pearson's scoring department

      $12.10

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      Estimated to ship:5-6 weeks
    • BSI Mail-In Interpretive Report Qty 1
      05659 Qualification Level B

      Includes Answer Sheet with test items (Print) and report processed by Pearson's scoring department

      $21.90

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    • BSI Mail-In Interpretive Report Spanish Qty 1
      05662 Qualification Level B

      Includes Answer Sheet with test items (Print) and report processed by Pearson's scoring department

      $21.90

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      Estimated to ship:5-6 weeks
    • BSI Handscore Answer Sheets Qty 50 (Print)
      05627 Qualification Level B

      Includes test items

      $91.00

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    • BSI Handscore Answer Sheets Spanish Qty 50 (Print)
      05656 Qualification Level B

      Includes test items

      $91.00

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    • BSI Q/Fax-In Answer Sheets Qty 25
      51421 Qualification Level B

      Includes test items for use with Q Local or Q-global systems.  May be used for fax in services.  Note: report charges are additional

      $36.40

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    • BSI Q Answer Sheets Spanish Qty 25 (Print)
      51422 Qualification Level B

      For use with either Q Local or Q-global systems

      $37.40

      1-4 $37.40
      5-24 $35.60
      25-49 $34.70
      50+ $33.80
      Savings are estimated

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    • BSI Nonpatient Adolescent Handscore Profiles Qty 50 (Print)
      05624 Qualification Level B

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

      $42.00

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

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

      $42.00

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

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

      $42.00

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

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

      $42.00

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    • BSI Manual (Print)
      05616 Qualification Level B

      $60.10

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    • 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.

      $59.50

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    • BSI Audio CD
      05678 Qualification Level B

      $80.20

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      Estimated to ship:5-6 weeks
    • BSI Audio CD Spanish
      05679 Qualification Level B

      $80.20

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    Overview

    Publication date:
    1993

    Age range:
    Individuals 13 years and older

    Reading level:
    6th grade

    Qualification level:
    B

    Qualification Level

     

    Level A

    This approval level enables you to buy our assessments that require no professional degree, accreditation, organization membership, or license/certificate.

    Level B

    This approval level enables you to buy our assessments requiring A or B qualification levels.

    Level C

    This approval level enables you to buy all our assessments.

    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

    Other languages:
    English, Spanish, French for Canada

    Telepractice:

    Guidance on using this test in your telepractice

    Q-gVP available with this assessment

    Q-global Video Proctoring (Q-gVP)

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    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), Anxiety (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

    The following resources are available for BSI.

    Case Studies

    Q-global Training Series

    		 

    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.

    		 

    Webinars

    The following training events are available for BSI.

    		 

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