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Provided preliminary support for the downward extension of the Langner Symptom Survey (LSS) and the Global Severity Index (GSI) of the Brief Symptom Inventory as mass-screening measures of adjustment for adolescents. Adolescents never in treatment obtained significantly lower LSS and GSI scores than adolescents in outpatient or inpatient treatment. Preliminary validity data for use of a cutoff score of 4 on the LSS also was reported. However, additional research is necessary to determine an appropriate cutoff score for adolescents on the GSI.
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