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The dependence of psychiatric diagnosis on psychological assessment
Author(s) -
Loro Bert,
Woodward J. Arthur
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197510)31:4<635::aid-jclp2270310411>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - psychology , psychological testing , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychiatric diagnosis , schizophrenia (object oriented programming)
This study examined the dependence of 500 inpatient psychiatric diagnoses on the results of standard psychological assessment procedures. A 43% agreement was found between psychological test findings and psychiatric discharge diagnoses. While this level of agreeement is greater than chance, it suggests that psychological test results are not of value in more than one-half of the cases investigated. Specific diagnostic discrepancies between clinical and psychological diagnostic results were noted, and several explanations for these differences were offered.