THE KLEINIAN PSYCHOANALYTIC DIAGNOSTIC SCALE (REVISED VERSION) - PRESENTATION AND STUDY OF RELIABILITY

The Kleinian Psychoanalytic Diagnostic Scale (KPDS) is a psychodiagnos tic instrument of assessment based on the psychoanalytical theory of o bject relations. It was created in order to introduce an intrapsychic and relational dimension into the clinical research on and epidemiolog y of psychiatric diagnosis. It consists of 15 subscales grouped into t he following four dimensions: 'Ego Abilities'; 'Projective Identificat ion'; 'Paranoid-Schizoid'; and 'Depressive'. These dimensions constitu te different, relatively stable aspects of the mental life of the subj ect, their demarcation and description permitting the obtention of a c hart and profile of the intrapsychic and relational structure. Followi ng several free, unstructured interviews the scale is assessed on the basis of what the subject says and what the rater may detect in the re lationship. The inter-rater reliability of the scale, its stability ov er a time lapse, as well as its internal consistency have all been sho wn to be high.