The PANSS Institute

What The PANSS Institute does

The PANSS Institute (TPI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2012 by the original developers of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), headquartered at 19 Crotty Court, Monroe, NY. TPI's core asset is intellectual property over the PANSS family — PANSS, the SCI-PANSS semi-structured interview, the SCI-SR remission interview, and the SOTS trauma severity scale — and the organization offers the only PANSS training program led by the Expert Consensus Panel that authored and continues to develop the scale. Operating from a small team (11-50 employees), TPI provides training and certification (renewed biennially), research and practice consultation, scale translation and adaptation across languages, and continuing education for clinicians, researchers, and community care providers working with populations suffering from mental illness.

Distribution runs through two complementary channels: the self-serve Virgil Academy online platform at medavante.net for global, free training registration, and direct institutional outreach for on-site international training programs (documented engagements in Russia via Tomsk Clinical Psychiatric Hospital in 2008, at Singapore's Institute of Mental Health, and in Qatar through a Qatar National Research Foundation grant led by Weill Cornell Medical College for Arabic translation/validation). The organization is funded through a mix of private funds, charitable foundations, grants, training and certification fees, scale translation fees, product sales, and donations, including a public PayPal donate link on its website.

TPI's go-to-market is community-led and event-driven: the institute cultivates the psychiatric research community by sponsoring the annual Lewis Opler Prize through the International Society of CNS Clinical Trials Methodology (ISCTM) since 2020, and by collaborating directly with hospitals, research institutions, and community mental health organizations. There is no disclosed revenue, no disclosed funding history, and no current management team listing in the public source material.

Name

The PANSS Institute

Legal name

The PANSS Institute

Website

https://panss.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The PANSS Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that trains, certifies, and consults on the PANSS family of psychometric scales for psychiatric assessment, serving clinicians, researchers, and community care providers worldwide through an online platform and direct institutional programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Psychiatric Assessment Training and Certification

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Assessment, Testing & Analytics Platforms (Formative/Summative) (EDAJAMAC)

Keywords

• Psychiatric assessment tools
• Clinical rater training
• Psychometric scales
• Schizophrenia assessment
• Clinical trial certification

Headquarters

HQ city

Monroe

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Training and Certification Fees: Revenue from providing PANSS training and certification programs to clinicians and researchers. Training is provided through a dedicated platform with certification renewed every two years.
2. Research and Practice Consultation: Consulting services for research and practice implementation of psychiatric assessment scales.
3. Scale Translation and Adaptation: Services for translating and adapting PANSS and other instruments into different languages for use in various regions.
4. Grants and Charitable Foundations: Funding from grants (such as Qatar National Research Foundation) and charitable foundations supporting psychiatric research.
5. Product Sales: Revenue from sale of assessment scale materials and related products.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

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Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The PANSS Institute provides training and certification services for clinicians and raters using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and related psychiatric assessment instruments, delivered through the Virgil Academy online platform and on-site international programs. It also offers research and practice consultation, scale translation and cultural adaptation, and continuing education, supported by charitable grants and product sales of standardized assessment materials.

Product overview

The PANSS Institute offers a portfolio of psychiatric assessment instruments centered on the PANSS (Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale), a 30-item benchmark scale for evaluating schizophrenia symptoms. The core products include the PANSS accompanied by the SCI-PANSS semi-structured interview, the SCI-SR for assessing remission, and the SOTS for measuring trauma symptoms. Beyond assessment instruments, TPI provides training and certification services, research consultation, and scale translation/adaptation. The organization also sponsors the Lewis Opler Prize to recognize contributions to psychiatric measurement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PANSS (Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale) A 30-item 7-point psychometric scale used to evaluate the presence, absence, and severity of Positive, Negative, and General Psychopathology symptoms of schizophrenia. It is sold as a standardized assessment instrument for clinical trials, psychiatric research, and clinical practice.
• SCI-PANSS (Structured Clinical Interview for PANSS) A semi-structured interview that accompanies the PANSS to ensure all content domains are covered during the interview session, sold as a standardized assessment instrument for clinicians and researchers.
• SCI-SR (Structured Clinical Interview for Symptoms of Remission) A brief interview (approximately 15 minutes or less) used in research and treatment settings to assess remission based on eight PANSS items, with remission defined as a score of 3 (Mild) or less for each item maintained over a 6-month period.
• SOTS (Symptoms of Trauma Scale) A 9-item 7-point rating scale used to measure the severity of nine symptoms associated with trauma, designed to complement existing systems that establish trauma history and diagnosis.
• PANSS Training and Certification Training and certification services for clinicians and raters who use the PANSS for research, clinical practice, or related applications. Certification is renewed every two years and is delivered through the Virgil Academy online platform (medavante.net).
• Research and Practice Consultation Consulting services to support researchers, clinicians, and care providers in psychiatric research, patient assessment, and treatment efficacy evaluation.
• Scale Translation and Adaptation Translation and cultural validation services for the PANSS and other instruments into different languages for use in international regions, including Arabic translation and validation work for the Gulf and Egypt.

Quantifiable outcome

• The PANSS is the most widely used scale for psychotic disorders worldwide

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Tomsk Clinical Psychiatric HospitalminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2008TPI provided PANSS training and certification to more than fifty Russian psychiatrists, psychologists, and academics at the hospital's centennial celebration. Participants provided data collection to evaluate multi-lingual training methods, rater comprehension, and local relevance of assessment items.
• Singapore Institute of Mental HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA group of more than 20 students and researchers participated in PANSS training to prepare them for use of the scale in research.
• Weill Cornell Medical CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWeill Cornell Medical College received the Qatar National Research Foundation grant; TPI collaborates on translating and validating the PANSS and other instruments into Arabic.
• Riverdale Mental Health AssociationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn 2012, TPI provided training in the use of the PANSS in clinical practice and case management to 15 clinicians.
• International Society of CNS Clinical Trials Methodology (ISCTM)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerISCTM grants the annual Lewis Opler Prize in honor of Dr. Lewis A. Opler. TPI has been proud to support the Lewis Opler Prize since 2020. The award is given annually to a young clinician-scientist who has made noteworthy contributions to measurement and mental health.

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Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Clario: Clario is a broad clinical trial technology provider offering eCOA, imaging, and rater training solutions across many therapeutic areas, including CNS. It overlaps with TPI in rater training and clinical outcome assessment for schizophrenia trials.
• Bracket (legacy, now part of Signant): Bracket was a pioneer in CNS clinical outcome assessments and rater training before merging into Signant. Its historical offerings overlap directly with TPI's PANSS training and certification services.
• ERT (eResearchTechnology, now part of Clario): ERT historically provided eCOA and clinical trial endpoint technologies, including CNS assessments. It is a broad incumbent with adjacent rater training and assessment capabilities overlapping TPI's work.
• ICON (Mapi Research Trust): ICON, via Mapi Research Trust, manages translation and distribution of clinical outcome assessments including patient-reported outcomes. It overlaps with TPI's scale translation/adaptation services and broader COA lifecycle management.

Direct peers

• Cogstate: Cogstate provides computerized cognitive testing and rater-supporting tools used in CNS clinical trials, including schizophrenia and depression programs. It is a direct peer in clinical-trial assessment infrastructure.
• Signant Health: Signant Health offers eCOA solutions and rater training services for CNS and other therapeutic trials, including schizophrenia. It competes directly with TPI for sponsor-driven rater training and certification engagements.
• WCG MedAvante (MedAvante-ProPhase): WCG MedAvante provides central rating services and rater training for CNS clinical trials, including schizophrenia scales such as PANSS. It is the most direct peer to TPI and also hosts the Virgil Academy platform that TPI uses for training delivery.

Emerging players

• YPrime: YPrime provides eCOA and clinical trial technology, including rater training and certification modules. It is an emerging player with partial overlap to TPI's training and certification offering for CNS trials.
• Critical Path Institute: Critical Path Institute is a nonprofit that develops data standards, regulatory tools, and consensus measurement methods for drug development. It operates in the same clinical-trial methodology space as TPI and collaborates with regulators and consortia on psychiatric assessment standards.

Others

• International Society for CNS Clinical Trials Methodology (ISCTM): ISCTM is the professional society that grants the Lewis Opler Prize (supported by TPI) and convenes the CNS clinical trials community. It is an ecosystem participant rather than a commercial competitor but shapes the same standards and discourse TPI operates in.

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