Applicability of the clinical global impressions-aggression (CGI-A) scale for use in file audit trials

Pharmacopsychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 189-192

  Huber, C G ^a   Schttle, D ^a   Lambert, M ^a   Moritz, S ^a   Naber, D ^a   Schroeder, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

aggression; brief psychiatric rating scale; clinical global impressions scale; first episode psychosis; retrospective assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION AGGRESSION SCALE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACE VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 80051789637     PISSN: 01763679     EISSN: 14390795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1280816     Document Type: Article

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