What does this actually mean? Are there any defintions someone can link me to.
I feel like I am in the middle but I would like to know for sure.
Next time ask your psychiatrist.
They are pretty good at letting you know where you stand.
My psychiatrist feels that I’m high functioning but I feel that I’m more in the middle
I wonder if there’s official definitions, medical ones.
Perhaps better to think in terms of support needs?
I would think it is more of a spectrum. With low functioning meaning you need people to do everything for you and high functioning meaning you can do everything for yourself.
I think most schizophrenics are probably somewhere in between. They can function but need some help.
Here is the GAF (Global Assessment of Functioning) table in the DSM IV. However, it has been replaced by the DSM-V with WHODAS 2.0.
Thank you YingYang. Thats exactly what I was hoping for. I am in the middle as I thought I would be. Thanks for confirming my beliefs.
I feel like I am in the middle too, I can cook for myself, order groceries online, etc but I cant work. I think I can live on my own if I really have to but decided to stay with my parents.
my pdocs definition was , low functioning = your in and out of prison or the psych ward. and high functioning = you are not that. lol
Great graphic
I’m in the 90-81 range. Reading down that table I’ve been in the lowest categories at some point in life - like 3/4 years ago
GAF- based on no friends 41-50
WHODAS 2 78
I’m somewhere between 41 and 70 depending on the day
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