title: Use of a standardized psychiatric interview in mentally handicapped patients.
abstract: This study attempted to assess the applicability of the Clinical Interview Schedule (Goldberg et al., 1970) to mentally handicapped patients in a hospital. Twenty-seven patients were rated simultaneously by three raters. Of the 31 items assessed for reliability, 11 were completely satisfactory, 8 were satisfactory, 6 unsatisfactory and 6 'not proven'. Ratings made by all raters for overall severity of psychiatric illness correlated significantly with similar ratings made by the consultants responsible for the patients.
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior; D004644:Emotions; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications*; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012606:Scotland