Diagnostic reliability and accuracy of pathological grief and psychiatric disorders among Japanese psychologists and psychology students

T Tomita; T Kitamura

doi:10.2466/pr0.2001.88.3.743

Diagnostic reliability and accuracy of pathological grief and psychiatric disorders among Japanese psychologists and psychology students

Psychol Rep. 2001 Jun;88(3 Pt 1):743-6. doi: 10.2466/pr0.2001.88.3.743.

Authors

T Tomita¹, T Kitamura

Affiliation

¹ Department of Sociocultural Environmental Research, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Japan. tomitat@pop01.odn.ne.jp

PMID: 11508014
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2001.88.3.743

Abstract

The present study examined the reliability and accuracy of diagnoses regarding pathological grief and other psychiatric disorders using a case vignette design. Two Japanese psychologists (Ph.D. and M.A. levels) and five graduate students in psychology participated. Analysis suggests that psychologists and psychology students can reliably apply the diagnostic criteria for pathological grief and other psychiatric disorders.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Clinical Competence*
Cross-Cultural Comparison*
Curriculum
Female
Grief*
Humans
Japan
Male
Mental Disorders / classification
Mental Disorders / diagnosis*
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales*
Psychology, Clinical / education*
Students / psychology