Statewide replication of predictive validation for the Multnomah CommunityAbility Scale

The Multnomah Community Ability Scale is a 17 item instrument that case man agers can use to rate levels of functioning for clients with severe mental illness. Prior work in a large urban community mental health center showed that the instrument predicted subsequent involuntary hospitalization. The c urrent project involved some 2,487 clients of community mental health progr ams throughout Oregon. This replication study again showed that low scores on the instrument predicted subsequent psychiatric hospitalization.