Sylph J A, Ross H E, Kedward H B
Am J Psychiatry. 1977 Dec;134(12):1391-4. doi: 10.1176/ajp.134.12.1391.
The authors measured the social functioning of 147 chronic psychiatric patients using a rating scale originally devised for use with the mentally retarded, the Adaptive Behavior Scale (ABS). They found that social deficits were more widespread and generally more severe among chronic psychiatric patients than among institutionalized mentally subjects. Chronic undifferentiated schizophrenic patients showed the most comprehensive deterioration; other groups, such as neurotic patients, women, and the elderly, had more limited impairments. The authors suggest that the ABS can be useful in establishing the limits of social functioning of chronic psychiatric patients.
作者们使用一种最初为智障人士设计的评定量表——适应行为量表（ABS），对147名慢性精神病患者的社会功能进行了测量。他们发现，与机构收容的智障人士相比，慢性精神病患者中的社会缺陷更为普遍，而且一般更为严重。慢性未分化型精神分裂症患者表现出最全面的功能退化；其他群体，如神经症患者、女性和老年人，功能受损则较为有限。作者们认为，ABS在确定慢性精神病患者的社会功能限度方面可能有用。
