The cornell medical index—health questionnaire IV. The recognition of emotional disturbances in a general hospital

Psychological illness in medical outpatients

“…The incidence found in this study (29-4 %), is very close to the average (27-3 %) in eleven different surveys of medical outpatients reviewed by Davies (1964). Brodman et al (1952), found a similar incidence of 30 % while Maclay (1965) found that 26 % of a personal series ofmedical outpatients suffered from a psychological illness. In all of these studies the figures quoted refer to purely psychological cases and exclude combination of organic and psychological diagnoses in the same patient.…”

Incidence of Psychiatric Illness Among Hospital Out-patients

“…The phrase " may be suspected " clearly indicates an attempt to include all potential neurotics, at the risk of temporarily misclassifying a considerable number of normals. On the other hand, in a study of psychiatric incapacitation during Army training a critical score of 50 "Yes " responses in the entire inventory was found to yield the minimum amount of misclassification (Brodman et al, 1954). Further research now in progress will throw light on the diagnostic features of each area in the C.M.I.…”

“…was developed as an adjunct to, not as a substitute for, oral interview; it ensures that when the doctor sees a new patient he already has a good deal of information about him, and so is less likely to overlook important symptoms. Brodman et al (1952a) have also used the C.M.I. for evaluating emotional disturbances.…”

Psychiatric Treatment of Eczema: A Controlled Trial

“…Examination comprised two semistandardized interviews lasting about an hour each and psychological tests. Among these were a widely used questionnaire inquiring into awareness of emotional disturbance, the Cornell Medical Index, sections M-R (Brodman et al, 1949(Brodman et al, , 1952(Brodman et al, , 1954(Brodman et al, , 1956Culpan and Davies 1960;Culpan et al, 1960;Brown and Fry, 1962; etc. ), and specially devised scales for use by the psychiatrist: a symptom rating scale for the detailed assessment of evidence of psychological symptoms, and a motivation rating scale for assessing motivation for psychiatric treatment (details of which are available on request to D.G.B.…”