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Evaluate the test-retest reliability and clinical validity of time-related questions, including age at onset and episode frequency, within fully standardized psychiatric diagnostic interviews.

May 1, 1989Archives of General Psychiatry

Recall and Dating of Psychiatric Symptoms

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Evaluate the test-retest reliability and clinical validity of time-related questions, including age at onset and episode frequency, within fully standardized psychiatric diagnostic interviews.
Analyzed data from two independent test-retest studies evaluating the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) and the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI).
Assessed the validity of DIS time-related questions by comparing patient responses against independent clinician consensus ratings in N=207 former psychiatric inpatients.
Test-retest reliability was high across most time-related items in both interviews, with lower consistency observed only for anxiety disorders and alcohol-related questions.
Concordance between DIS reports and clinician ratings was high for former psychotic patients, excluding individuals who remained severely disturbed at follow-up.
Marked recall limitations occurred in nonpsychotic conditions, showing substantial divergence in dating the onset of phobias, panic attacks, and depression.

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Validation study reveals variable recall accuracy for psychiatric symptom timing in former inpatients, suggesting memory aids enhance lifetime diagnostic precision.

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Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen (1989) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dec3844838c5c0bab0ce5f https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1989.01810050051009

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Validation study reveals variable recall accuracy for psychiatric symptom timing in former inpatients, suggesting memory aids enhance lifetime diagnostic precision.

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