TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnostic assignment of criteria
T2 - Clinicians and DSM-IV
AU - Linde, Jennifer A.
AU - Clark, Lee Anna
PY - 1998/1/1
Y1 - 1998/1/1
N2 - The study examined clinician matching of diagnostic criteria to selected DSM-IV Axis I and II disorders. A national sample of clinical psychologists and psychiatrists assigned symptom criteria, presented in scrambled order by axis, to DSM-IV diagnoses with which they believed the criteria belonged, without using the DSM. On average, clinicians assigned 69% of Axis I criteria and 75% of Axis II criteria to the designated DSM-IV diagnosis. The Axis II data represent increased agreement over the 66% found for DSM-III-R. Reasons for the increase are discussed, focusing on modifications made in DSM-IV and increased familiarity with personality disorders. The significantly higher rate of agreement for Axis II over Axis I contrasts with typical reliability data which suggests that Axis I disorders are better defined. Specific points of disagreement between clinician criteria assignments and the DSM-IV are discussed.
AB - The study examined clinician matching of diagnostic criteria to selected DSM-IV Axis I and II disorders. A national sample of clinical psychologists and psychiatrists assigned symptom criteria, presented in scrambled order by axis, to DSM-IV diagnoses with which they believed the criteria belonged, without using the DSM. On average, clinicians assigned 69% of Axis I criteria and 75% of Axis II criteria to the designated DSM-IV diagnosis. The Axis II data represent increased agreement over the 66% found for DSM-III-R. Reasons for the increase are discussed, focusing on modifications made in DSM-IV and increased familiarity with personality disorders. The significantly higher rate of agreement for Axis II over Axis I contrasts with typical reliability data which suggests that Axis I disorders are better defined. Specific points of disagreement between clinician criteria assignments and the DSM-IV are discussed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0031824202&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0031824202&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1521/pedi.1998.12.2.126
DO - 10.1521/pedi.1998.12.2.126
M3 - Article
C2 - 9661099
AN - SCOPUS:0031824202
SN - 0885-579X
VL - 12
SP - 126
EP - 137
JO - Journal of personality disorders
JF - Journal of personality disorders
IS - 2
ER -