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DSS
Discontinuation Success Scale
Short abstract
The Discontinuation Success Scale (DSS) measures the subjective discontinuation success of patients taking antipsychotics or antidepressants. It consists of 24 items divided into three subscales ((1) Subjective Discontinuation Success, (2) Positive Discontinuation Effects, (3) Negative Discontinuation Effects). Reliability: No data available. Validity: The factorial and criterion validity as well as the measurement invariance between people taking antidepressants and antipsychotics were calculated.
Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID). (2025). Open Test Archive: DSS. Discontinuation Success Scale. Available at: https://www.testarchiv.eu/en/test/9008689
Citation
Lincoln, T. M., Sommer, D., Könemund, M. & Schlier, B. (2025). DSS. Discontinuation Success Scale [Verfahrensdokumentation, Fragebogen auf Deutsch und Englisch]. In Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie (ZPID) (Hrsg.), Open Test Archive. Trier: ZPID.
https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.16318
Short information
Short Name DSS
English Name Discontinuation Success Scale
Authors Lincoln, T. M., Sommer, D., Könemund, M. & Schlier, B.
Published in Test archive 2025
Copyright/Licence Copyright Authors; CC-BY-SA 4.0
Key words Treatment Compliance; Client Attitudes; Medical Treatment (General); Treatment Withholding; Treatment Termination; Antidepressant Drugs; Antipsychotic Drugs
Language versions deu eng
Application age 18 years and older
Item number 24 items
Subscales Subscales: (1) Subjective withdrawal success, (2) Positive withdrawal effects, (3) Negative withdrawal effects
Application Time A few minutes.
Interpretation time A few minutes.
No data available.
Findings on factorial and criterion validity as well as the measurement invariance between people taking antidepressants and antipsychotics.
None.
Applications Research
There is no abstract in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
There is no review in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
First published in
Lincoln, T. M., Sommer, D., Könemund, M. & Schlier, B. (2021). A rating scale to inform successful discontinuation of antipsychotics and antidepressants. Psychiatry Research 298, Artikelnummer 113768. [English items included p. 6] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113768 PSYNDEX Dok.-Nr. 0380544
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Contact information
Prof. Dr. Dipl.-Psych. Tania M. Lincoln, Universität Hamburg, Dekanin der Fakultät Psychologie und Bewegungswissenschaft, Leitung Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Von-Melle-Park 5, D-20146 Hamburg