TY - JOUR
T1 - A Comparison of DSM-II and DSM-III in the Diagnosis of Childhood Psychiatric Disorders
T2 - II. Interrater Agreement
AU - Mattison, Richard
AU - Cantwell, Dennis P.
AU - Russell, Andrew T.
AU - Will, Lois
PY - 1979/10
Y1 - 1979/10
N2 - A case-history format was utilized to compare interrater agreement on childhood and adolescent psychiatric disorders, using DSM-II and DSM-III. The average interrater agreement was 57% for DSM-II and 54% for axis I (clinical psychiatric syndrome) of DSM-III. There was high agreement in both systems on cases of psychosis, conduct disorder, hyperactivity, and mental retardation, with DSM-III appearing slightly better. There was noteworthy interrater disagreement in both systems for “anxiety,” disorders, complex cases, and in the subtyping of depression. Overall, the reliability of DSM-III appears to be good and is comparable with that of DSM-II and other classification systems of childhood psychiatric disorders.
AB - A case-history format was utilized to compare interrater agreement on childhood and adolescent psychiatric disorders, using DSM-II and DSM-III. The average interrater agreement was 57% for DSM-II and 54% for axis I (clinical psychiatric syndrome) of DSM-III. There was high agreement in both systems on cases of psychosis, conduct disorder, hyperactivity, and mental retardation, with DSM-III appearing slightly better. There was noteworthy interrater disagreement in both systems for “anxiety,” disorders, complex cases, and in the subtyping of depression. Overall, the reliability of DSM-III appears to be good and is comparable with that of DSM-II and other classification systems of childhood psychiatric disorders.
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U2 - 10.1001/archpsyc.1979.01780110071008
DO - 10.1001/archpsyc.1979.01780110071008
M3 - Article
C2 - 485779
AN - SCOPUS:0018533119
SN - 0003-990X
VL - 36
SP - 1217
EP - 1222
JO - Archives of General Psychiatry
JF - Archives of General Psychiatry
IS - 11
ER -