| Autor: |
Pull, Charles B., Cloos, Jean-Marc, Pull-Erpelding, Marie-Claire |
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| Zdroj: |
Psychiatric Diagnosis & Classification; 2002 1st Edition, p177-218, 42p |
| Abstrakt: |
Clinical assessment instruments are useful tools for accurate diagnosis and differential diagnosis of mental disorders. After an introduction on the criteria used in current psychiatric classifications, the authors outline the rationale underlying the development of these instruments and describe the major instruments that have been developed over the past 20 years. These are: 1) diagnostic checklists, 2) semi-structured interviews for Axis-I disorders, 3) semi-structured interviews for personality disorders, 4) fully structured interviews, 5) diagnostic screening questionnaires, and 6) interviews for the assessment of disablement. Special emphasis is given to their clinical and psychometric characteristics and tables illustrate sample items of these instruments. The authors conclude with a discussion on reliability and validity issues and present criteria to guide the clinician or researcher in the choice of the best instrument. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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