Clinical Global Impressions (CGI)

NYSPI

1. Severity of Illness
UNIVERSITY &

Considering your total clinical experience with this particular population, how
mentally ill is the patient at this time?
1 = Normal, not at all ill 5 = Markedly ill
2 = Borderline mentally ill 6 = Severely ill
3 = Mildly ill 7 = Among the most extremely ill patients
4 = Moderately ill

2. Global Improvement
COLUMBIA

Rate total improvement whether or not in your judgment it is due entirely to drug
treatment. Compared to his/her condition at admission to the project, how much
has he/she changed?
1 = Very much improved 5 = Minimally worse
2 = Much improved 6 = Much worse
3 = Minimally improved 7 = Very much worse
AT

4 = No change
PSYCHIATRY

3. Efficacy Index
Rate this item on the basis of drug effect only. Select the terms that best
describe the degrees of therapeutic effect and side effects and make a mark
in the box where the two items intersect.

Side Effects
Do not Significantly
ADOLESCENT

significantly interfere interfere Outweigh

with patient's with patient's therapeutic
None functioning functioning effect
Therapeutic Effect 1 2 3 4
4. Marked: Vast improvement.
Complete or nearly complete
remission of all symptoms. 4.00 2.00 1.33 1.00
3. Moderate: Decided improvement.
Partial remission of symptoms. 3.00 1.50 1.00 0.75
&

2. Minimal: Slight improvement that

doesn't alter status of care of patient. 2.00 1.00 0.67 0.50
CHILD

1. Unchanged or Worse 1.00 0.50 0.33 0.25

Guy (1976). Scale in the public domain.

June 10, 2005
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