Developmental Disabilities Modification of the Children's Global Assessment Scale

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 504-511

  Wagner, Ann ^a   Lecavalier, Luc ^b   Arnold, L Eugene ^b   Aman, Michael G ^b   Scahill, Lawrence ^c   Stigler, Kimberly A ^d   Johnson, Cynthia R ^d   McDougle, Christopher J ^e   Vitiello, Benedetto ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; autism; children; functioning; pervasive developmental disorder; psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CHILDREN GLOBAL ASSESSMENT SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; VALIDITY;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33846624142     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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