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The Global Assessment of Functioning Scale is a system used by the clinician to indicate his or her overall judgment of a person's psychological, social, and occupational functioning on a scale. This scale is a procedure for measuring overall severity of psychiatric disturbance. The GAF score will be Axis V of your evaluation. The GAF score is a rating given to you and ranges from 100 (good) to 0 (Inadequate information). We have listed the scale below so that you can review it and see where you stand.
This information was gathered from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Third Edition - Revised) - DSM-III-R. The GAF scale below was taken from the The American Psychiatric Association web site. This site can be found at www.psych.org.
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| Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) Scale | |
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| Code | Note: Use intermediate codes when appropriate, e.g., 45, 68, 72). |
| 100 91 | Superior functioning in a wide range of activities, life's problems never seem to get out of hand, sought out by others because of his or her many positive qualities. No symptoms. |
| 90 81 | Absent or minimal symptoms (e.g. Mild anxiety before an exam), Good functioning in all areas, interested and involved in a wide range of activities,socially effective; generally satisfied with life; no more than general problems or concerns (e.g., an occasional argument with family members). |
| 80 71 | If symptoms are present, they are transient and expectable reactions to psychosocial stressors (e.g. difficulty concentrating after family argument); slight impairment in social, work, or school functioning (e.g. temporarily falling behind in schoolwork). |
| 70 61 | Some mild symptoms (e.g. depressed mood and mild insomnia) OR some difficulty in social, occupational, or school functioning (e.g., occasional truancy, or theft within the household), but generally functioning pretty well, has some meaningful interpersonal relationships. |
| 60 51 | Moderate symptoms (e.g., flat affect and circumstantial speech, occasional panic attacks) OR moderate difficulty in social, occupational, or school functioning (e.g., few friends, conflicts with peers or co-workers). |
| 50 41 | Serious Symptoms (e.g. suicidal ideation, severe obsessional rituals, frequent shoplifting) OR serious impairment in social, occupational, or school functioning (e.g. no friends, unable to keep a job). |
| 40 31 | Some impairment in reality testing or communication (e.g. speech is at times illogical, obscure, or irrelevant) OR major impairment in several areas, such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood (e.g., depressed man avoids friends, neglects family, and is unable to work; child frequently beats up younger children, is defiant at home, and is failing at school). |
| 30 21 | Behavior is considerably influenced by delusions or hallucinations OR serious impairment in communication or judgment (e.g. sometimes incoherent, acts grossly inappropriately, suicidal preoccupation) OR inability to function in almost all areas (e.g. stays in bed all day; no job, home, or friends). |
| 20 11 | Some danger of hurting self or others (e.g. suicide attempts without clear expectation of death; frequently violent; manic excitement) OR occasionally fails to maintain minimal personal hygiene (e.g., smears feces) OR gross impairment in communication (e.g., largely incoherent or mute). |
| 10 1 | Persistent danger of severely hurting self or others (e.g. recurrent violence) OR persistent inability to maintain minimal personal hygiene OR serious suicidal act with clear expectation of death. |