The Brief Symptom Inventory: an introductory report

Derogatis, Leonard R.; Melisaratos, Nick

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“…We used the depression-subscale of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI-18; Derogatis, 2001), which was demonstrated to be an appropriate short-form of the original 53-item version (Derogatis & Melisaratos, 1983). Participants were asked to self-rate different symptoms they experienced over the last seven days on a five-point scale ranging from ‘not at all’ (0) to ‘extremely’ (4).…”

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Investigating institutional abuse survivors’ help-seeking attitudes with the Inventory of Attitudes towards Seeking Mental Health Services

Kantor

Knefel

2017

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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Background: Although effective treatments exist, many trauma survivors delay or avoid professional help. Attitudes towards help-seeking are associated with intentions to and actual treatment use, but were neglected in research on trauma survivors so far. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the reliability, construct validity, and predictive power of the Inventory of Attitudes towards Seeking Mental Health Services (IASMHS) and to investigate attitudes of adult institutional abuse survivors. Method: A total of 220 adult survivors of institutional abuse were interviewed using IASMHS, the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire Short-Form (CTQ-SF), the Life Events Checklist (LEC-5), and the depression-subscale of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI-18). They were further asked about their current mental health service use. We assessed the fit of different models of IASMHS with confirmatory factor analyses and predicted current mental health service use with a binominal logistic regression model. Results: The three-factor structure of IASMHS provided the best fit. One of the three scales (help-seeking propensity), the PTSD-intrusion scale, and the depression scale significantly contributed to the prediction of current mental health service use. Single items of the psychological openness scale loaded weakly on the according factor. Our sample showed a similar IASMHS profile compared to other samples with mental health problems. Conclusion: Overall, IASMHS appears to be a useful instrument to assess attitudes towards seeking mental health services in trauma survivors. It can be used to investigate help-seeking attitudes and its correlates to better understand and facilitate survivors’ treatment use.

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Investigating institutional abuse survivors’ help-seeking attitudes with the Inventory of Attitudes towards Seeking Mental Health Services

Kantor

Knefel

2017

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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“…This patient-rated, 53 item questionnaire which is based on the Symptom Checklist (SCL-90 (Derogatis & Melisaratos, 1983) assesses psychopathological symptom severity on a 5-point Likert scale (from 0 'not at all' to 4 'extremely'). The BSI total score, most indicative of general psychopathology, was computed as the mean score of all individual items (range 0-4).…”

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The clinical effectiveness of concise cognitive behavioral therapy with or without pharmacotherapy for depressive and anxiety disorders; a pragmatic randomized controlled equivalence trial in clinical practice

Meuldijk

Carlier

Vliet

et al. 2016

Contemporary Clinical Trials

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. (2016). The clinical effectiveness of concise cognitive behavioral therapy with or without pharmacotherapy for depressive and anxiety disorders; a pragmatic randomized controlled equivalence trial in clinical practice. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 47 131-138. See next page for additional authorsThe clinical effectiveness of concise cognitive behavioral therapy with or without pharmacotherapy for depressive and anxiety disorders; a pragmatic randomized controlled equivalence trial in clinical practice Abstract Background: Depressive and anxiety disorders contribute to a high disease burden. This paper investigates whether concise formats of cognitive behavioral-and/or pharmacotherapy are equivalent with longer standard care in the treatment of depressive and/or anxiety disorders in secondary mental health care. Methods: A pragmatic randomized controlled equivalence trial was conducted at five Dutch outpatient Mental Healthcare Centers (MHCs) of the Regional Mental Health Provider (RMHP) 'Rivierduinen'. Patients (aged 18-65 years) with a mild to moderate anxiety and/or depressive disorder, were randomly allocated to concise or standard care. Data were collected at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months by Routine Outcome Monitoring (ROM). Primary outcomes were the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) and the Web Screening Questionnaire (WSQ). We used Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) to assess outcomes. Results: Between March 2010 and December 2012, 182 patients, were enrolled (n = 89 standard care; n = 93 concise care). Both intention-to-treat and per-protocol analyses demonstrated equivalence of concise care and standard care at all time points. Severity of illness reduced, and both treatments improved patient's general health status and subdomains of quality of life. Moreover, in concise care, the beneficial effects started earlier. Discussion: Concise care has the potential to be a feasible and promising alternative to longer standard secondary mental health care in the treatment of outpatients with a mild to moderate depressive and/or anxiety disorder. For future research, we recommend adhering more strictly to the concise treatment protocols to further explore the beneficial effects of the concise treatment. Moreover, in concise care, the beneficial effects started earlier.

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“…In this study [4], the participating soldiers were assessed using the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) [5], which is an instrument that evaluates psychological distress and symptoms of psychiatric disorders. It is a 53-item self-report scale that takes approximately 10 minutes to complete.…”

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Exploring an association between hostility and serum concentrations of TNF-α and its soluble receptors

Himmerich

Wesemann

Dalton

et al. 2016

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

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The Brief Symptom Inventory: an introductory report

Cited by 6,009 publications

References 23 publications

Investigating institutional abuse survivors’ help-seeking attitudes with the Inventory of Attitudes towards Seeking Mental Health Services

Investigating institutional abuse survivors’ help-seeking attitudes with the Inventory of Attitudes towards Seeking Mental Health Services

The clinical effectiveness of concise cognitive behavioral therapy with or without pharmacotherapy for depressive and anxiety disorders; a pragmatic randomized controlled equivalence trial in clinical practice

Exploring an association between hostility and serum concentrations of TNF-α and its soluble receptors

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