Accuracy of the diagnoses of affective disorders and schizophrenia in public hospitals.
The authors compared hospital diagnoses with best-estimate research diagnoses of affective disorders and schizophrenia for patients admitted to public psychiatric hospitals in Maryland. The concern that there is overdiagnosis of schizophrenia and underdiagnosis of affective disorders was not supported by this study.
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Psychiatric Epidemiology and Genetics Program, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21228.
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Adler
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McGrath
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006760:Hospitalization; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D008396:Maryland; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*