Open AccessThe NIMH-DIS in the Assessment of DSM-III Schizophrenic Disorder
Author(s) -
Javier I. Escobar,
Eugenia T. Randolph,
Joy K. Asamen,
Mitchell P. Karno
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
schizophrenia bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.823
H-Index - 190
eISSN - 1745-1701
pISSN - 0586-7614
DOI - 10.1093/schbul/12.2.187
Subject(s) - psychology , psychopathology , psychiatry , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , medical diagnosis , clinical psychology , test validity , interview , research diagnostic criteria , schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia , psychometrics , medicine , pathology , anxiety , law , political science
The National Institute of Mental Health Diagnostic Interview Schedule (NIMH-DIS) was administered by trained lay interviewers to a sample of 82 outpatients with clinical diagnoses of DSM-III schizophrenic disorder. Of these subjects, 77 percent were also diagnosed as suffering from DSM-III schizophrenic disorder according to the structured interview (NIMH-DIS) administered by a lay interviewer. The DIS interviews were scrutinized to find the reasons for their discrepancy with the clinical diagnoses. A majority of the DIS-negative schizophrenic subjects acknowledged significant psychopathology in the DIS and missed only one of the six DSM-III criteria items for schizophrenia. Test-retest results showed consistency in the subjects' reporting of lifetime schizophrenic symptoms.
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