The symptom and function dimensions of the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 292-298

  Pedersen, Geir ^a   Karterud, Sigmund ^a,b  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84858799737     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: 15328384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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