Research Article: Goal Attainment Scaling for Depression: Validation of the Japanese GAS-D Tool in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder
Introduction:
Recovery from depression is often a complex, personal journey and depends on several factors such as health beliefs, baseline clinical severity and functioning, as well as medication and treatment adequacy. , Currently, the concept of recovery is clinical, referring to recovery from psychiatric symptoms, , and the most commonly used assessment tools, such as the Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), focus only on symptom severity. Even functional rating scales such as the Sheehan Disability Scale…
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