Langner's Psychiatric Impairment Scale: A Short Screening Device
RICHARD I. SHADER M.D.1,
MICHAEL H. EBERT M.D.2, , and
JEROLD S. HARMATZ 3
1 Director and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, and Massachusetts Mental Health Center, 74 Fenwood Rd., Boston, Mass. 02115
2 Research Psychiatrist and Research Fellow, Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, and Massachusetts Mental Health Center, 74 Fenwood Rd., Boston, Mass. 02115
3 Research Psychologist, Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, and Massachusetts Mental Health Center, 74 Fenwood Rd., Boston, Mass. 02115
The authors report the experience of themselves and others with the Langner Scale, a 22-item self-rated nzeasure of psychiatric impairment. Noting that there are high correlations between this scale and other psychometric tests that measure aspects of psychopathology, they conclude that it is a useful instrument in clinical assessment.
