An expanded version of the Multnomah Community Ability Scale: anchors and interview probes for the assessment of adults with serious mental illness.

Objective clinical assessments are important in psychiatric settings to assess patients' functioning and the outcome of rehabilitation interventions. We developed anchors of the Multnomah Community Ability Scale (MCAS) and tested the inter-rater reliability of the expanded instrument. Twenty patients receiving psychiatric rehabilitation services participated in a structured interview and were rated by two raters.

Health behaviors and health status of older women with schizophrenia.

The authors interviewed 43 women with schizophrenia who were 40 to 70 years of age about their health status, preventive health care, addictive behaviors, and comorbid medical conditions. Data were compared with those for age-matched samples from the general population. Thirty women in the study sample (71 percent) were overweight or obese, compared with 38 percent in the general population.