A standardized and reliable method to apply the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAP) scale to psychiatric case records

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 79-86

  Mirandola, M ^b   Baldassari, E ^a   Beneduce, R ^a   Italo, A ^a   Segala, M ^a   Tansella, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Medicina E Sanità Pubblica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bland and altman methods; Global assessment of functioning; Inter rater reliability; Lin correlation coefficient; Reliability; Training programme

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010814315     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.82     Document Type: Article

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