Psychiatry Research
Volume 112, Issue 2 , Pages 161-182 , 10 October 2002

The Life Functioning Questionnaire (LFQ): a brief, gender-neutral scale assessing functional outcome

  • Lori Altshuler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, 300 UCLA Medical Plaza, Mood Disorders Research Program, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles Healthcare Center, VA Medical Center, Building 208, B116AR, 11301 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.:+1-310-794-9911; fax +1-310-794-9915
    • ,
  • Jim Mintz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, 300 UCLA Medical Plaza, Mood Disorders Research Program, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles Healthcare Center, VA Medical Center, Building 208, B116AR, 11301 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
    • ,
  • Kristin Leight

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, 300 UCLA Medical Plaza, Mood Disorders Research Program, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
    • 368 Longwood Avenue, Apt. 34, Boston, MA 02215, USA

Received 23 April 2001 ,Revised 29 May 2002 ,Accepted 22 July 2002.

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