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The ability of naive subjects to report symptoms of mild brain injury, post‐traumatic stress disorder, major depression, and generalized anxiety disorder
Author(s) -
LeesHaley Paul R.,
Dunn John T.
Publication year - 1994
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(199403)50:2<252::aid-jclp2270500217>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , psychology , anxiety , generalized anxiety disorder , clinical psychology , psychiatry , traumatic brain injury , acute stress disorder , medical diagnosis , anxiety disorder , traumatic stress , medicine , economics , macroeconomics , pathology
Diagnoses of major depression, post‐traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and mild brain injury are based in substantial part on the self‐reported symptoms of patients. This study found that 96.9% of untrained subjects were able to endorse symptoms on checklists to meet the DSM‐III‐R self‐report criteria for major depression, 96.9% for generalized anxiety disorder, and 86% for PTSD. For the non‐DSM‐III‐R diagnosis of mild brain injury, 63.3% of subjects were able to correctly identify 5 or more of 10 symptoms associated with this condition. Forensic examiners are advised to exercise special care in utilizing evaluation procedures that are of a leading nature, such as symptom checklists in which examinees may exhibit response biases.