@article{e1e792146e8b4f3ab98f488d320c14a6,
title = "Agreement between two structured psychiatric diagnostic interviews: DIS and the PDI",
abstract = "Agreement between two structured, criterion-based, diagnostic interviews was determined for 86 psychiatric inpatients. The patients were given the Diagnostic Interview Schedule and the Psychiatric Diagnostic Interview on two separate occasions by two teams of trained interviewers who were blind to the patients' hospital diagnoses. Agreement between the two procedures was quite high with respect to (a) total number of positive syndromes, (b) identification of specific syndromes, (c) final diagnoses, and (d) ratings of clinical compatibility by experienced psychiatrists. Diagnostic discrepancies were primarily due to differences in the way the two instruments approach patients who fulfilled inclusive diagnostic criteria for two or more psychiatric syndromes. Although both interviews provide similar diagnostic information, the relative ease of administration and scoring of the PDI recommend it for clinical use.",
author = "Weller, {Ronald A.} and Penick, {Elizabeth C.} and Ekkehard Othmer and Rice, {Audrey S.} and Powell, {Barbara J.} and Kent, {Thomas A.}",
note = "Funding Information: From Ronald A. Weller. M.D., Elizabeth C. Penick, Ph.D.. Ekkehard Othmer, M.D., Ph.D., and Audrey S. Rice, M.A., Department of Psychiatty, Kansas University Medical Center Kansas City, Kansas: Barbara J. Powell, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Kansas University Medical Center and the Psychology Service, VA Medical Center, Kansas City. Missouri; and Thomas A. Kent. M.D., Department of Neurology. University of Texas Medical Center Branch, Galveston, Texas. Supported in part by Grant #5-10.2-MHa59J4 from the National Institute of Mental Health. Some of the data contained in this report were presented as new research at the 135th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in Toronto, May, 1982. Address reprint requests to Dr. Weller, Department of Psychiatry, Kansas University Medical Center. 39th and Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS 66103. 0198.5 by Grune & Stratton, Inc. ~1~40X/~5/2602~7$03.00/0",
year = "1985",
doi = "10.1016/0010-440X(85)90036-7",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "26",
pages = "157--163",
journal = "Comprehensive Psychiatry",
issn = "0010-440X",
publisher = "W.B. Saunders",
number = "2",
}