Which instrument is used instead of the GAF?

Which instrument is used instead of the GAF?

• A. ORS
• B. STAI
• C. WHODAS
• D. GAF

Answer: (C)

The idea being tested is which assessment tool replaced the Global Assessment of Functioning in DSM-5. WHODAS, the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule, is used instead of the GAF because it offers a standardized, cross-cultural measure of functioning and disability across multiple life domains. The GAF was a single global score that could vary in meaning across settings and lacked reliable, consistent scoring. WHODAS 2.0 provides a structured evaluation of functioning across six areas—cognition, mobility, self-care, getting along, life activities, and participation in society—giving a clearer, more reliable picture of a person’s disability and changes over time. The other instruments assess different things: ORS gauges client-perceived outcomes, STAI measures anxiety, and the GAF is the older, broader functioning scale that WHODAS supersedes.

The idea being tested is which assessment tool replaced the Global Assessment of Functioning in DSM-5. WHODAS, the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule, is used instead of the GAF because it offers a standardized, cross-cultural measure of functioning and disability across multiple life domains. The GAF was a single global score that could vary in meaning across settings and lacked reliable, consistent scoring. WHODAS 2.0 provides a structured evaluation of functioning across six areas—cognition, mobility, self-care, getting along, life activities, and participation in society—giving a clearer, more reliable picture of a person’s disability and changes over time. The other instruments assess different things: ORS gauges client-perceived outcomes, STAI measures anxiety, and the GAF is the older, broader functioning scale that WHODAS supersedes.