The Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) is recorded on Axis V (Table 17-6).19 The GAF is a number between 0 and 100 that summarizes the clinician's view of the patient's current degree of impairment in terms of psychosocial and occupational or educational function. Generally, normal func...
Meaningful activity participation has shown good predictability for healthy ageing in older adults, and their participation can be assessed using the Meaningful Activity Participation Assessment (MAPA). However, the MAPA has never been validated in any T
A widely used measure of functioning is the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale.116 This measure is a clinician-rated instrument consisting of behavioral descriptions (e.g., is expelled from school, bullies peers) grouped into levels of impairment for each of five domains: role perform...
53]. The impairment supplement starts with the question "Overall, do you think that this child has difficulties in one or more of the following areas: emotions, concentration, behavior or being able to get on with other people?
Neuropsychological tests—Neuropsychological tests consist of specifically designed tasks used to measure psychological functions known to be linked to a particular brain structure or pathway. They are typically used to assess impairment after an injury or illness known to affect neurocognitive functioning, ...
Several tools have been developed to assess executive function (EFs) and adaptive functioning, although in mainly Western populations. Information on tools for low-and-middle-income country children is scanty. A scoping review of such instruments was therefore undertaken.We followed the Preferred ...
Measuring Brain Function Across the Life Course: Age-3 Brain Health, Child and Adult Cognitive Functioning, Child-to-Adult Cognitive Decline, and Accelerated Brain Aging eAppendix 4. Modeling the Structure of Psychopathology eAppendix 5. Prevalence of Mental Disorder in the Dunedin Study eAppendix ...
The SF-12 short-form questionnaire evaluates 12 items related to various aspects of an individual’s well-being, including physical functioning, role limitations, physical pain, health perception, energy level, social functioning, and psychological well-being, resulting in physical and mental health co...
(i.e.macroinvertebratesthat feed on coarse and fineparticulate organic matter, respectively) or algal production rates, which can provide insight into the functioning of riverine food webs (e.g.Hladyzet al., 2011a,b). These and other functional aspects, such as food web dynamics, however, ...
pre and post-injury or illness factors, cognitive strengths and weaknesses, emotional and social functioning can provide a useful account of the presenting cognitive, behavioral and mood problems, which can then highlight an individual's current needs, in the context of an individual's presenting ...