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Diagnosing mental disorders in the community. A difference that matters?: Editorial

Brugha and his colleagues in this issue raise important questions about the validity of standardized diagnostic interviews of mental disorders, such as the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) (WHO, 1990). Although their concerns refer predominantly to the use of such instruments in epidemiological research, the authors' conclusions also have significant implications for diagnostic assessments in clinical practice and research. We agree with Brugha et al. that the inflexible approach to questioning used in standardized interviews can lead to an increased risk of invalidity with regard to some diagnoses. We also agree that the use of more semi-structured clinical questions has the potential to address this problem. However, we disagree with Brugha et al. in several other respects.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:25409
Date January 1999
CreatorsWittchen, Hans-Ulrich, Üstün, T. Bedirhan, Kessler, Ronald C.
PublisherCambridge University Press
Source SetsHochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typedoc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text
SourcePsychological Medicine, Bd. 29 (1999), Nr. 5, 1021-1027, ISSN: 0033-2917
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Relation0033-2917

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