The assessment of symptom severity and functional impairment with DSM-IV axis V

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 411-417

  Smith, Geoffrey Norman ^a   Ehmann, Thomas S ^b   Flynn, Sean W ^a   MacEwan, G William ^a   Tee, Karen ^b   Kopala, Lili C ^a   Thornton, Allen E ^c   Schenk, Christian H ^a   Honer, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b South Fraser Early Psychosis Program   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE;

EID: 79953701969     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.62.4.pss6204_0411     Document Type: Article

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