Journal article
The Reliability of the Family History Method for Psychiatric Diagnoses
Archives of general psychiatry, Vol.45(4), pp.320-322
04/01/1988
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1988.01800280030004
PMID: 3281625
Abstract
• We evaluated the test-retest interrater reliability of the Family History Research Diagnostic Criteria (FH-RDC) in 58 depressed patients who described 341 first-degree relatives. Reliability was examined as a function of the threshold to determine caseness. In general, diagnostic reliability was good-excellent for specific FH-RDC disorders, but not for the residual category of other psychiatric disorder. A higher diagnostic threshold was associated with greater reliability, especially for the diagnosis of depression. Patient variance accounted for a greater percentage of the disagreements between the acthan did rater variance.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Reliability of the Family History Method for Psychiatric Diagnoses
- Creators
- Mark ZimmermanWilliam CoryellBruce PfohlDalene Stangl
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Archives of general psychiatry, Vol.45(4), pp.320-322
- DOI
- 10.1001/archpsyc.1988.01800280030004
- PMID
- 3281625
- NLM abbreviation
- Arch Gen Psychiatry
- ISSN
- 0003-990X
- eISSN
- 1538-3636
- Publisher
- American Medical Association
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/01/1988
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Record Identifier
- 9984003900402771
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