Burden Assessment Scale (BAS)

Full name of scale

(BAS) Burden Assessment Scale(Reinhard, Gubman, Horwitz, & Minsky, 1994)

Languages

English, Spanish

Rater

Clinician-rated or self-administered

Training

Minimal training, very easy to administer

Utility

Developed to assess the burden of families with seriously mentally ill members. Practical tool for use in program evaluation

Versions

A self-administered and interviewer-administered version are available

Time to complete

Not found

Cost/license

Not found

Reinhard, S. C., Gubman, G. D., Horwitz, A. V., & Minsky, S. (1994). Burden assessment scale for families of the seriously mentally ill. Evaluation and Program Planning, 17(3), 261–269. Follow this link for the article.

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