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2. What Is the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) Scale? - WebMD

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   1 min read. The Global Assessment of Functioning, or GAF, scale is used to rate how serious a mental illness may be. It measures how much a person's symptoms affect their day-to-day life on a ...

3. GAF Score: Why It’s Used and How It Works - Healthline

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   A GAF score is just one way that doctors can evaluate a person with a mental illness or who has difficulty coping with daily life. Since the DSM-5 has debuted in 2013, the scale has fallen into ...

4. DSM-5 - Wikipedia

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   The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), is the 2013 update to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the taxonomic and diagnostic tool published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA). In 2022, a revised version (DSM-5-TR) was published. [1]

5. Global Assessment of Functioning - Wikipedia

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   Global Assessment of Functioning. The Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) is a numeric scale used by mental health clinicians and physicians to rate subjectively the social, occupational, and psychological functioning of an individual, i.e., how well one is meeting various problems in living. Scores range from 100 (extremely high functioning ...

6. Classification of mental disorders - Wikipedia

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   Axis V: Global Assessment of Functioning (Psychological, social and job-related functions are evaluated on a continuum between mental health and extreme mental disorder) The axis classification system was removed in the DSM-5 and is now mostly of historical significance. [ 14 ]

7. How Walking Can Benefit Your Mental Health - WebMD

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   There are numerous benefits of walking. Some of the most common include. Improved sleep. Better endurance. Stress relief. Improvement in mood. Increased energy and stamina. Reduced tiredness that ...