title: Diagnosing premenstrual dysphoric disorder: the reliability of a structured clinical interview.
abstract: Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), a diagnosis included for further study in the DSM-IV-TR (American Psychiatric Association 2000), lacks a structured interview. The reliability of a Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV-TR-Defined PMDD (SCID-PMDD) was assessed with 96 participants who spanned the full range of premenstrual problems. All individual SCID-PMDD items had high inter-rater agreement, and the overall reliability of diagnosis was high (kappa = 0.96). The SCID-PMDD provides a structured, sensitive, and reliable measure of the symptoms and impairment criteria for PMDD.
authors.affiliation: Miami University, Hamilton, OH, USA. eynav.accortt@muohio.edu
authors.forename: Eynav Elgavish
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Accortt
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bismark
authors.forename: Tamera R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: John J B
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis*; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D008597:Menstrual Cycle / Q000523:psychology; D011293:Premenstrual Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016387:Women's Health