A Comparison of DSM-II and DSM-III in the Diagnosis of Childhood Psychiatric Disorders: II. Interrater Agreement

Richard Mattison; Dennis P. Cantwell; Andrew T. Russell; Lois Will

doi:10.1001/archpsyc.1979.01780110071008

A Comparison of DSM-II and DSM-III in the Diagnosis of Childhood Psychiatric Disorders: II. Interrater Agreement

Richard Mattison
, Dennis P. Cantwell
, Andrew T. Russell
, Lois Will

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1217-1222
Number of pages	6
Journal	Archives of General Psychiatry
Volume	36
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1979.01780110071008
State	Published - Oct 1979

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