Brief report on the clinical reappraisal of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule carried out at the Johns Hopkins site of the Epidemiological Catchment Area Program of the NIMH

Psychol Med. 1985 Nov;15(4):809-14. doi: 10.1017/s0033291700005031.

Abstract

A psychiatric examination was conducted on 810 community dwelling subjects previously given a diagnosis derived from the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS). The agreement in allocating subjects to a particular disorder was never high enough to encourage the confident replacement of a psychiatric diagnosis with a DIS diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Alcoholism / diagnosis
  • Depressive Disorder / diagnosis
  • Health Surveys
  • Humans
  • Maryland
  • Mental Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Mental Disorders / epidemiology
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales