The reliability of psychiatric diagnoses.

Mehlman, Benjamin

doi:10.1037/h0055415

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“…The consistently high interjudge agreement demonstrates that under these condi-[ions, clinicians tend not to have "favorite" classifications as reported in the past by Mehlman ( 1952) and Pasamanick, et nl. It is not possible to say which of the three factors mentioned above is primarily responsible for the higher agreement.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 53%

Reliability of Classification of Behaviors within Psychosexual Stages

Cooke

Chodorkoff

1970

Psychol Rep

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ltems representing non-pathological behavior, attitudes and characteristics were presented to a panel of 6 clinicians intimately familiar with psychoanalytic theory. The clinicians were asked to assign each item to the psychosexual stage represented by it. 1 yr, later, a second panel repeated the task and interjudge agreement was calculated. Temporal agreement was calculated for rhe 4 judges common to both panels. The results indicate that psychoanalytically trained clinicians can reliably assign behaviors, attimdes and characteristics to psychosexual stages and that agreement exceeds the level reported for the American Psychological Association diagnostic system. The implications of these findings are briefly discussed.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 53%

Reliability of Classification of Behaviors within Psychosexual Stages

Cooke

Chodorkoff

1970

Psychol Rep

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“…Hence, even though nosological systems in psychology and psychiatry frequently have been called into question (e.g., Mehlman, 1952;Persons, 1986; Zigler & Phillips, 1961), research on psychiatric diagnosis is ongoing. It is also proving to be increasingly fruitful given recent nosological advances.…”

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confidence: 99%

The diagnostic knowledge inventory: A measure of knowledge about psychiatric diagnosis

Andersen

Harthorn

1989

J. Clin. Psychol.

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A psychometrically sound measure of knowledge of psychiatric disorders and diagnoses (consistent with both DSM‐III and DSM‐III‐R) was constructed for use by mental health and health care professionals. No such measure otherwise exists, in spite of its potential value as an educational tool and in research on clinical diagnosis. The diagnostic accuracy (content validity) of a large item pool of brief case vignettes was verified in a prestudy by a team of experts. This item pool then was reduced by half, and two forms of the measure were constructed based on an item analysis that used a heterogeneous sample of clinically trained and untrained respondents (Study 1). Reliability and validity were demonstrated using a cross‐validation sample (Study 2). Finally, comparisons were made between practicing mental health professionals and controls; these supported the measure's validity (Study 3). Overall, the measure demonstrated concurrent validity (by distinguishing clinically trained from untrained respondents) and reliability (by showing internal consistency and inter‐form association). Potential uses of the measure in research and training concerned with clinical diagnosis are discussed.

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“…He found that the evidence pointed to a lack of observed reliability in t,he psychiatric diagnostic domain. Since Eysenck's review of this problem, there have been many additional studies inves-tigating psychiatric judgment (e.g., Cattell, 1957;Ellis & Sells, 1964;Holtzman & Sells, 1954;Mehlman, 1952;Schmidt & Fonda, 1956;Wallinga, 1956), but in general they have not provided evidence contrary to that of Eysenck.…”

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Psychiatrists' prognostic judgments regarding functional psychotic disorders: A prognostic scale

Stone¹

1966

Syst. Res.

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In the field of psychiatric treatment, the patient is more often the subject of behavioral research than the psychiatrist. However, the behavior patterns of the psychiatric practitioner may well have significant bearing upon his treatment of patients. Before the consequences of a psychiatrist's behavior patterns can be explored, it is necessary to establish whether or not psychiatric practitioners share common frames of reference.

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The reliability of psychiatric diagnoses.

Cited by 71 publications

References 5 publications

Reliability of Classification of Behaviors within Psychosexual Stages

Reliability of Classification of Behaviors within Psychosexual Stages

The diagnostic knowledge inventory: A measure of knowledge about psychiatric diagnosis

Psychiatrists' prognostic judgments regarding functional psychotic disorders: A prognostic scale

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