Global Assessment of Functioning.

GAF

What it measures

Single clinician-rated global index combining symptom severity and psychosocial functioning

Length and format

1 (single 0-100 anchored rating). clinician rating, 0-100 in 10-point bands (clinician-rated/interview)

Language versions

Effectively all DSM-IV translation languages; near-universal psychiatric use 1994-2013

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 - commercial

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Reference

American Psychiatric Association (1994). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.), Axis V. APA. (GAF scale.)