RELIABILITY OF DIAGNOSIS IN MOOD DISORDERS

Authors
HOLZER CE NGUYEN HT HIRSCHFELD RNA
Citation
Ce. Holzer et al., RELIABILITY OF DIAGNOSIS IN MOOD DISORDERS, The Psychiatric clinics of North America, 19(1), 1996, pp. 73
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
The Psychiatric clinics of North America → ACNP
ISSN journal
0193953X
Volume
19
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0193-953X(1996)19:1<73:RODIMD>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The reliability of diagnosing mood disorders is reviewed for previous and current versions of the American Psychiatric Association's DSM. Re liability is shown to improve with the increasing specificity of diagn ostic criteria. The new specifiers for the course of major depression in relation to dysthymia also are shown to be reliable.