Reliability of the draft diagnostic criteria for research of ICD-10 in comparison with ICD-10 and DSM-III-R.
The reliability and ease of use of DSM-III-R and the clinical and research versions of ICD-10 were assessed by 5 psychiatrists working in pairs. They diagnosed 60 patients. All 3 systems showed similar and high interrater and intersystem agreement for major diagnostic categories but not for subcategories. A number of implications of these results are discussed.
Mellsop
G W
GW
Department of Psychological Medicine, Wellington School of Medicine, University of Otago, New Zealand.
Thomas
C S
CS
Ellis
P M
PM
Purdie
G
G
Crawshaw
J
J
Mendis
N
N
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D009520:New Zealand; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results