Diagnostic Consistency in Assessing Conduct Disorder
An Experiment on the Effect of Social Context
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9053928 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stuart A Kirk (University of California, Los Angeles), Derek K Hsieh (Child Guidance Center) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 43-55 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9432 • E-ISSN: 1939-0025 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0002-9432.74.1.43 |
| PMID | 14769108 |
| OpenAlex | W2011425822 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 29 |
The major objective of the diagnostic criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (see, e.g., the 4th ed., American Psychiatric Association, 1994) has been to achieve better diagnostic consistency. This has proved to be an elusive goal, because the diagnostic criteria and their rules for application can be ambiguous. This study mailed systematically varied case vignettes of conduct disorder to a nationally representative sample of 1,500 mental health clinicians in order to examine the effect of social context on diagnostic consistency. It found that consistency of diagnosis was modest and that it was affected by context and varied by profession
Association (psychology) · Consistency (knowledge bases) · Context (archaeology) · Diagnostic test · Mental health · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Sample (material) · Social environment · Social science · Sociology · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychology · Pediatrics
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2013 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |