IS THERE A NEED FOR OBSERVATIONALLY BASED ASSESSMENT OF AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMATOLOGY IN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT-PSYCHIATRY

Authors
KAMINER Y FEINSTEIN C SEIFER R
Citation
Y. Kaminer et al., IS THERE A NEED FOR OBSERVATIONALLY BASED ASSESSMENT OF AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMATOLOGY IN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT-PSYCHIATRY, Adolescence, 30(118), 1995, pp. 483-489
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Developmental
Journal title
Adolescence → ACNP
ISSN journal
00018449
Volume
30
Issue
118
Year of publication
1995
Pages
483 - 489
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-8449(1995)30:118<483:ITANFO>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
There is growing dissatisfaction with current methods for rating effec tive symptoms in child and adolescent psychiatry. The need for additio nal reliable methods of evaluating mood disorders is significant. This annotation reviews the relative limitations of self-report and interv iew assessment techniques as contrasted with observationally based rat ing scales which offer additional advantages for assessment.