The concurrent validity of the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF)

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 417-422

  Startup, Mike ^a   Jackson, Mike C ^a   Bendix, Sue ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCALE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS; SCALE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF POSITIVE SYMPTOMS; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR SCHEDULE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0036860337     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466502760387533     Document Type: Article

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