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== Introduction == | |||
The Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) is a scoring system for the severity of illness in psychiatry. The assessments are easier to use and more perceptive of the impacts of different treatments than measurements of individual psychopathology aspects.<ref>Richard C.W. Hall. Global Assessment of Functioning. Psychosomatics [Internet]. 1995 May 1 [cited 2024 Jan 13];36(3):267–75. Available from: <nowiki>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033318295716668</nowiki> | |||
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== Scale == | |||
Th scale is as follows:<ref>Monrad IH. Guidelines for rating Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF). Annals of General Psychiatry [Internet]. 2011 Jan 1 [cited 2024 Jan 13];10(1):2–2. Available from: <nowiki>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1744-859x-10-2</nowiki> | |||
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
The Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) is a scoring system for the severity of illness in psychiatry. The assessments are easier to use and more perceptive of the impacts of different treatments than measurements of individual psychopathology aspects.[1]
Scale[edit | edit source]
Th scale is as follows:[2]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Richard C.W. Hall. Global Assessment of Functioning. Psychosomatics [Internet]. 1995 May 1 [cited 2024 Jan 13];36(3):267–75. Available from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033318295716668
- ↑ Monrad IH. Guidelines for rating Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF). Annals of General Psychiatry [Internet]. 2011 Jan 1 [cited 2024 Jan 13];10(1):2–2. Available from: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1744-859x-10-2