The Life Functioning Questionnaire (LFQ): A brief, gender-neutral scale assessing functional outcome

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 161-182

  Altshuler, Lori ^a,b   Mintz, Jim ^a,b   Leight, Kristin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Bipolar disorder; Functional impairment; Quality of life; Role function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0037057975     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(02)00180-4     Document Type: Article

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