Journal article
The reliability of “bizarre” delusions
Comprehensive psychiatry, Vol.32(1), pp.59-65
1991
DOI: 10.1016/0010-440X(91)90070-S
PMID: 2001621
Abstract
The concept of bizarre delusions figures prominently in the diagnosis of schizophrenia under DSM-III-R criteria. Yet this concept may be difficult to apply in the clinical world. The interrater reliability of distinguishing bizarre versus non-bizarre delusions was estimated by compiling a sample of 40 delusional ideas and asking a group of psychiatrists (ranging from experts in the field to residents) to identify them as bizarre or non-bizarre. The interrater reliability of the 45 respondents was consistently low as measured by kappa statistic (κ < 0.40) within and across groups of raters, and regardless of whether or not a structured definition was applied. Implications for DSM-IV are discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The reliability of “bizarre” delusions
- Creators
- Michael FlaumStephan ArndtNancy C Andreasen
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Comprehensive psychiatry, Vol.32(1), pp.59-65
- DOI
- 10.1016/0010-440X(91)90070-S
- PMID
- 2001621
- NLM abbreviation
- Compr Psychiatry
- ISSN
- 0010-440X
- eISSN
- 1532-8384
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1991
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Biostatistics; Nursing; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984003962802771
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