CASIG is administered as a structured interview that begins by eliciting the
individual’s medium term goals in five areas of community living; housing, money/
work, interpersonal relationships, health, and spiritual activities. Additional questions
are asked to clarify these goals and obtain the individual’s estimate of the services
needed to achieve them. The interview continues with thoroughly specified questions
that assess the individual’s current and past community functioning, medication compliance and side effects, quality of life, quality of treatment, symptoms, and performance of intolerable community behaviors. The yes-no responses are summarized either manually or with the aid of a computer program that also produces a suggested rehabilitation plan. CASIG’s results can be supplemented with data from measures of individually relevant variables such as presence of co-morbid disorders, physical health status, and performance on selected cognitive tests.