Reliability of personality disorder diagnosis during depression: the contribution of collateral informant reports.
OBJECTIVE
Research has found low concordance of personality disorder diagnoses made during depression versus after remission and made using patient versus collateral informants, but little is known about the reliability of personality disorder (PD) diagnoses made during depression using patient and collateral reports.


METHODS
A total of 168 patients were evaluated for PDs during depression and following response using patient and close informant reports. kappa coefficients of inter-informant and test-retest reliability were calculated.


RESULTS
After depression response, the proportion diagnosed with cluster A and C PDs fell by both patient and close informant report, and overall inter-informant reliability declined. Overall test-retest reliability did not differ between patients and informants.


CONCLUSIONS
Collateral informants do not improve the reliability of PD diagnoses made during depressive episodes.
Case
B G
BG
Freedom from Fear, Staten Island, NY 10305, USA. bcase@post.harvard.edu
Biel
M G
MG
Peselow
E D
ED
Guardino
M
M
D000328:Adult; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D030881:Disclosure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results