Clinical Global Impression - Schizophrenia scale.

CGI-SCH

What it measures

Clinician global severity and change ratings of schizophrenia across 5 dimensions (Positive, Negative, Depressive, Cognitive, Overall) - a disorder-specific elaboration of the CGI

Length and format

10 (5 severity + 5 change ratings). 7-point severity (1 normal - 7 among the most severely ill) and 7-point change per dimension (clinician-rated/interview)

Language versions

Many (developed within the large multi-country SOHO study) incl. ES, DE, IT, FR, PT and others

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

copyrighted - author permission

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Reference

Haro, J.M., et al. (2003). The Clinical Global Impression-Schizophrenia scale: a simple instrument to measure the diversity of symptoms present in schizophrenia. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 107(s416), 16-23.