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The Nordic concept of reactive psychosis – a multicenter reliability study
Author(s) -
Hansen H.,
Dahl A. A.,
Bertelsen A.,
BirketSmith M.,
Knorring L.,
Ottosson J.O.,
Pakaslahti A.,
Retterstøl N.,
Salvesen C.,
Thorsteinsson G.,
Väisänen E.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1992.tb03226.x
Subject(s) - psychosis , inter rater reliability , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychiatry , multicenter study , psychology , reliability (semiconductor) , medicine , developmental psychology , rating scale , pathology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , randomized controlled trial
Reactive psychosis is a common diagnosis in the Nordic countries (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland) and in several other parts of the world. In ICD‐9 and DSM‐III‐R, the concept is defined more narrowly than in the Nordic tradition. In this study we examined the interrater reliability of the Nordic concept by the case‐summary method between clinicians from 9 university departments in the Nordic countries. The results show that Nordic psychiatrists have a reasonably reliable concept of reactive psychosis, and that this psychosis can be diagnosed as reliably as schizophrenia and affective psychosis.