Diagnosis of mental disorders among Turkish and American clinicians.
Turkish and American clinicians from two centres in each country were compared in terms of diagnosing mental disorders in standard cases and in terms of stereotypes of symptomatology. Statistical comparisons showed that the American clinicians rated higher symptom severity in the cases and in the stereotypes. In the diagnoses assigned the particular orientations of the centres became evident. Confidence in diagnosis was rather high in spite of inadequate information in the short cases. The shortcoming of psychiatric classification due to differences among clinicians and the need for more studies of their inferential strategies were pointed out.
D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011570:Psychiatry; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011584:Psychology; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis; D012947:Social Work; D013240:Stereotyping; D014421:Turkey; D014481:United States