title: Standardised Psychiatric Interview in elderly demented patients.
abstract: Twenty patients with dementia were assessed by two raters, using the Standardised Psychiatric Interview of Goldberg et al (1970). Inter-rater reliability was good or fair for many items, but test-retest reliability and validity were less good. A single interview does not appear to provide a full picture of psychiatric (excluding cognitive) symptoms in demented patients.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000379:methods*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales