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CLINICAL HANDBOOK OF SCHIZOPHRENIA

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TABLE 14.1. Measures of Psychosocial FunctioningPsychosocialfunctioningdomainType ofmeasureLength ofadministration Validated Need for training Available languages For more informationGAF (AmericanPsychiatricAssociation,1994; Hall,1995)GlobalmeasureClinician-rated 10–20minutesValidated withlarge range of clientsClinical skills areneeded.Exists in as manylanguages as DSM-IVScale available inDSM-IVBASIS-32 (Eisenet al., 1994)GlobalmeasureSelf-rated 15–30minutesMultiple large-scalestudiesNo training isnecessary.English, Cambodian,Chinese, French, Finnish,German, Italian, Japanese,Korean, Portuguese,Tagalog and Vietnamesewww.basissurvey.org/SF-36 (Ware& Sherbourne,1992)GlobalmeasureSelf-rated 15–30minutesLarge-scale healthsurveys; not specificto serious mentalillnessNo training isnecessary.Available in morethan 20 languages,including culturalvariations (e.g., 11different Spanish versionsaccordingto country)www.sf-36.org/MCAS(Barker &Barron, 1997)ComprehensivemeasureClinician-rated 20–30minutesValidated withclients living in thecommunityTraining is necessary;typically one daysuffices.English and French Contact sela@nbhc.orgCASIG (Wallaceet al., 2001)ComprehensivemeasureSelf-Report(CASIG-SR)and Informant(CASIG-I)versions60 minutesfor theCASIG-SRand 45minutes forthe CASIG-IValidated withclients living in thecommunityNo training necessary;for administration;minimal trainingneeded to convertcollaborative scoresinto a well-designedtreatment plan.English and French;Spanish version to comewww.psychrehab.comCAN(Phelanet al., 1995)ComprehensivemeasureSelf-rated andclinician-rated15–60minutesMultiple Europeanstudies with clientsliving in thecommunitySimple to use;training available.Danish, English, French,German, Italian, Spanish,and Swedishwww.rcpsych.ac.uk/publications/gaskell/25_0.htm(continued)139

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