The Global Assessment Scale: A Procedure for Measuring Overall Severity of Psychiatric Disturbance

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1976, Pages 766-771

  Endicott, Jean ^a   Spitzer, Robert L ^a   Fleiss, Joseph L ^a   Cohen, Jacob ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0016970988     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1976.01770060086012     Document Type: Article

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