title: Feasibility and acceptability of the DSM-5 Field Trial procedures in the Johns Hopkins Community Psychiatry Programs.
abstract: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) contains criteria for psychiatric diagnoses that reflect advances in the science and conceptualization of mental disorders and address the needs of clinicians. DSM-5 also recommends research on dimensional measures of cross-cutting symptoms and diagnostic severity, which are expected to better capture patients' experiences with mental disorders. Prior to its May 2013 release, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) conducted field trials to examine the feasibility, clinical utility, reliability, and where possible, the validity of proposed DSM-5 diagnostic criteria and dimensional measures. The methods and measures proposed for the DSM-5 field trials were pilot tested in adult and child/adolescent clinical samples, with the goal to identify and correct design and procedural problems with the proposed methods before resources were expended for the larger DSM-5 Field Trials. Results allowed for the refinement of the protocols, procedures, and measures, which facilitated recruitment, implementation, and completion of the DSM-5 Field Trials. These results highlight the benefits of pilot studies in planning large multisite studies.
authors.affiliation: American Psychiatric Association, Division of Research, Arlington, VA, USA; Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Diana E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.forename: Holly C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Wilcox
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Bernadette
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cullen
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gerring
authors.forename: Lisa H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Greiner
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Newcomer
authors.forename: Mellisha V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: McKitty
authors.forename: Darrel A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Regier
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Narrow
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003158:Community Psychiatry; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
keywords: DSM; epidemiology; methodology