Relationship between the global assessment of functioning and other DSM axes in routine clinical work

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 439-443

  Tungström, Stefan ^a,b,c   Söderberg, Per ^a,b   Armelius, Bengt Åke ^b  

^a Psychiat Res and Devmt Department   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Box 350 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING SCALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RATING SCALE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 16344391767     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.439     Document Type: Article

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