Short-term dynamic psychotherapy. V. Global assessment scale as an instrument for description and measurement of changes for 33 neurotic patients.
Global assessment scale (GAS) has not been tested out on a group of neurotic out-patients earlier. The patients in this study were selected for short-term dynamic psychotherapy by defined selection criteria and were thus a fairly homogeneous group of patients. It could be demonstrated that GAS could be used as a supplement for describing patient characteristics both at the start of treatment and at the 5-year follow-up. GAS could further be used for measuring change for this patient population after short-term dynamic psychotherapy. GAS could not be used as a predictor for dynamic change at the 5-year follow-up.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000379:methods*