title: A team format for the Global Assessment Scale: reliability and validity on an inpatient unit.
abstract: The Global Assessment Scale (GAS) is a 100-point rating instrument which purports to measure psychological adjustment on a continuum from self-actualization to severe regression. Its reliability and validity were examined on the admitting ward of a state hospital where GAS ratings are assigned to patients by computing a mean of the individual ratings assigned by a team of clinicians. Results showed such team GAS ratings to have good reliability. As for validity, team GAS predicted the outcomes of court hearings at two stages of the civil commitment process and showed construct validity in its relevant correlations with the Psychotic Inpatient Profile. A predicted association between team GAS and a ward atmosphere measure was not obtained. Taken as a whole, the results support the use of team GAS ratings in inpatient settings.
authors.affiliation: Hennepin County Mental Health Center, Minneapolis, MN.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuhlman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bernstein
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kloss
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sincaban
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011379:Prognosis; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment