The Global Functioning: Social and Role Scales —Further Validation in a Large Sample of Adolescents and Young Adults at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis

ConclusionsThe GF scales can be administered in a large-scale multi-site study with excellent inter-rater reliability and accuracy. CHR individuals showed social and role functioning impairments over time that were not confounded by positive symptom severity levels. The results of this study demonstrate that social decline is a particularly effective predictor of conversion outcome.
Source: Schizophrenia Bulletin - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research