Reliability and Validity of Diagnosis STRENGTH- Di Nardo et al (1993)
Two clinicians diagnosed 267 people according to the DSM-III. While reliability was high for OCD, for personality disorders it was wildly different. This was rectified by the DSM-IV.
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Reliability and Validity of Diagnosis STRENGTH- Goldstein (1998)
Experts given case histories of patients who had previously been diagnosed with schizophrenia agreed widely on diagnosis- suggesting the reliability of the DSM III.
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Reliability and Validity of Diagnosis STRENGTH- Brown (2001)
Tested the reliability of the DSM IV, and said it was from good-excellent, with there only being some overlap in disorders like PTSD.
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Reliability and Validity of Diagnosis WEAKNESS- Kirk and Kutchins (1992)
Argued that studies testing the reliability of the DSM aren't accurate due to lack of trained interviewers, so no one does it the same.
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Reliability and Validity of Diagnosis WEAKNESS- Nicholls et al (2000)
DSM 4 doesn't have good inter-rater reliability for eating disorder diagnosis in kids, with over 50% of diagnoses unclassified.
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Reliability and Validity of Diagnosis WEAKNESS- Beck et al (1962)
Agreement on diagnosis was often 54% because diagnosis was often vague and confusing.
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Reliability and Validity of Diagnosis WEAKNESS- Cooper et al (1972)
Found NYC psychologists twice as likely to diagnose schizophrenia as London ones, who were twice as likely to diagnose depression/mania, when shown the same interview.
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Card 2
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Experts given case histories of patients who had previously been diagnosed with schizophrenia agreed widely on diagnosis- suggesting the reliability of the DSM III.
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Reliability and Validity of Diagnosis STRENGTH- Goldstein (1998)
Card 3
Front
Tested the reliability of the DSM IV, and said it was from good-excellent, with there only being some overlap in disorders like PTSD.
Back
Card 4
Front
Argued that studies testing the reliability of the DSM aren't accurate due to lack of trained interviewers, so no one does it the same.
Back
Card 5
Front
DSM 4 doesn't have good inter-rater reliability for eating disorder diagnosis in kids, with over 50% of diagnoses unclassified.
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