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To evaluate diagnostic concordance between the Diagnostic Interview Schedule and clinical psychiatric examinations in community-dwelling individuals.

November 1, 1985Psychological Medicine

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

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To evaluate diagnostic concordance between the Diagnostic Interview Schedule and clinical psychiatric examinations in community-dwelling individuals.
Conducted standardized psychiatric examinations on 810 community-dwelling subjects previously evaluated using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS).
Compared diagnostic classification agreement between clinician diagnoses and DIS-derived diagnoses across specific disorders.
Diagnostic agreement between DIS-derived diagnoses and clinical psychiatric evaluations was consistently low across all evaluated psychiatric disorders.
The degree of diagnostic concordance was insufficient to justify substituting clinician-conducted psychiatric diagnoses with structured DIS assessments.

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Validation study reveals low diagnostic agreement between the Diagnostic Interview Schedule and clinical assessment in community residents, indicating structured tools cannot replace clinicians.

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Folstein et al. (1985) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1e92fecb6787361d47d221 https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700005031

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Validation study reveals low diagnostic agreement between the Diagnostic Interview Schedule and clinical assessment in community residents, indicating structured tools cannot replace clinicians.

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

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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

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