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The assessment of lifetime psychopathology: a comparison of two interviewing styles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Richard Harrington ,
Jonathan Hill ,
Michael Rutter ,
Karen John ,
Hazel Fudge ,
Mark Zoccolillo  and
Myrna Weissman
Richard Harrington*
Affiliation:
From the Institute of Psychiatry, London
Jonathan Hill
Affiliation:
From the Institute of Psychiatry, London
Michael Rutter
Affiliation:
From the Institute of Psychiatry, London
Karen John
Affiliation:
From the Institute of Psychiatry, London
Hazel Fudge
Affiliation:
From the Institute of Psychiatry, London
Mark Zoccolillo
Affiliation:
From the Institute of Psychiatry, London
Myrna Weissman
Affiliation:
From the Institute of Psychiatry, London
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr R. C. Harrington, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF.
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Synopsis

A structured respondent-based version of the SADS-L interview was compared with a semi-structured investigator-based version of the same interview in terms of efficiency in assessing lifetime psychopathology. There was substantial agreement across most Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDC) categories, but there was less agreement on the rating of symptoms. The implications of these similarities and differences between the techniques are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , May 1988 , pp. 487 - 493
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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