Using Global Assessment of Functioning to Evaluate an Assertive Community Treatment Program: Reply
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Global assessment of functioning following assertive community treatment in Edmonton, Alberta: a longitudinal study.
OBJECTIVE To examine longitudinally the effects of Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) on Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scores in Edmonton, Alberta. METHODS We acquired GAF scores for all clients at initial registration in the ACT program and at subsequent 18- and 36-month time points while in ACT. We analyzed both the entire ACT cohort and separate diagnostic groups. RESULTS We ob...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0706-7437,1497-0015
DOI: 10.1177/070674370104601018