The global assessment scale. A procedure for measuring overall severity of psychiatric disturbance.

By J. Endicott, R. Spitzer, J. Fleiss, J. Cohen. 1976

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Human Hippocampal Neurogenesis Persists throughout Aging (2018, neutral): “Paul-Ramsey Life Experience Scale (SPRS) total score and DSM-IV Axis IV severity (score range 1–7: none, minimal, mild, moderate, severe, extreme, catastrophic) (Endicott et al., 1976).”
The use of outcome measures by psychologists in clinical practice (2004, methodology): “Several well-known instruments were often used such as the Beck Depression Inventory (Beck et al., 1961), the Global Assessment Scale ( Endicott, Spitzer, Fleiss, & Cohen, 1976 ), the Symptom Checklist–90 (Derogatis, 1983), and the Child Behavior Checklist (Achenbach, 1991).”
Symptom Assessment in Schizophrenic Prodromal States (2004, unknown): “In the SIPS, patients are also rated according to their Global Assessment of Functioning (19) (GAF), a DSM IV Schizotypal Personality Disorder criterion checklist (20), and family history of mental illness.”
The global burden of mental disorders: An update from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys (2009, methodology): “…with any other disorder; reporting severe role impairment due to a mental disorder in at least two areas of functioning measured by the SDS or having overall functional impairment from any disorder consistent with a Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) (Endicott et al., 1976) score of 50 or less.”
Mental illness and/or mental health? Investigating axioms of the complete state model of health. (2005, methodology): “The structure of mental health as distinct from mental illness was implied by the introduction of Axis V (Luborsky, 1962) and the GAF scale to measure Axis V ( Endicott, Spitzer, Fleiss, & Cohen, 1976 ).”
Decreased language lateralization is characteristic of psychosis, not auditory hallucinations. (2010, methodology): “The level of global functioning was assessed with the Global Assessment of Functioning scale (GAF; Endicott et al., 1976).”
Report by the ACNP Task Force on Response and Remission in Major Depressive Disorder (2006, methodology): “Several measures, including the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) (Beck et al, 1961), Global Assessment Scale (GAS) (Endicott et al, 1976), Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale (DAS) (Weissman, 1979), and the Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire (ATQ) (Hollon and Kendall, 1980), gathered at acute trial exit,…”
Symptomatic and functional recovery from a first episode of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. (2004, background): “They were severely ill at study entry (mean score on the Global Assessment Scale [23] at study entry was 27.”
Emotion context insensitivity in major depressive disorder. (2005, methodology): “APA, 1994) was used to assess global functioning.The GAF is a single rating scale used to evaluate a person’s overall level of psychological, social, and occupational functioning.Ratings are made on the basis of the SCID-I interview and range from 1 (lowest level of functioning) to 100 (highest leve”