Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms

Within psychological testing, the Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms (SAPS) is a rating scale to measure positive symptoms in schizophrenia. The scale was developed by Nancy Andreasen and was first published in 1984. SAPS is split into 4 domains, and within each domain separate symptoms are rated from 0 (absent) to 5 (severe). The scale is closely linked to the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) which was published a few years earlier.

Hallucinations

 * Auditory Hallucinations
 * Voices Commenting
 * Voices Conversing
 * Somatic or Tactile Hallucinations
 * Olfactory Hallucinations
 * Visual Hallucinations
 * Global Rating of Severity of Hallucinations

Delusions

 * Persecutory Delusions
 * Delusions of Jealousy
 * Delusions of Sin or Guilt
 * Grandiose Delusions
 * Religious Delusions
 * Somatic Delusions
 * Ideas and Delusions of Reference
 * Delusions of Being Controlled
 * Delusions of Mind Reading
 * Thought Broadcasting
 * Thought Insertion
 * Thought Withdrawal
 * Global Rating of Severity of Delusions

Bizarre Behaviour

 * Clothing and Appearance
 * Social and Sexual Behavior
 * Aggressive and Agitated Behavior
 * Repetitive or Stereotyped Behavior
 * Global Rating of Severity of Bizarre Behavior

Positive Formal Thought Disorder

 * Derailment (loose associations)
 * Tangentiality
 * Incoherence (Word salad, Schizophasia)
 * Illogicality
 * Circumstantiality
 * Pressure of speech
 * Distractible speech
 * Clanging
 * Global Rating of Positive Formal Thought Disorder