Schizophrenia  & Global Assessment Of Functioning

Use of Risperdal Consta (Injection) and Risperdal Oral for Treatment of Schizophrenia, 2 Studies
Symptoms of schizophrenia include hearing voices, hallucinations and delusions, apathy, social withdrawal and a lack of emotional expression.
Discovery Health :: Schizophrenia as an Illness
However, the individual with "chronic" schizophrenia, or a continuous or recurring pattern of illness, often does not fully recover normal ...
Division of General and Restorative, and Neurological Devices
Device Description The VNS therapy system, used for vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), consists of the implantable VNS Therapy Pulse Generator, the VNS ...
Schizophrenia Daily News Blog: Discerning Transient Psychotic Disorder From Schizophrenia
One of the differences between schizophrenia and transient psychotic disorder that was found in a recent study was a lack of deterioration in ...

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Wikipedia:  The Global Assessment of Functioning is a numeric scale used by mental health clinicians and doctors to rate the social, occupational and psychological functioning of adults. The scale is presented and described in the DSM-IV-TR on page 32. ... Read More

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