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What does reliability of diagnosis mean? |
The consistency of a diagnosis, over time and between professionals. Refers to whether an individual would get the same diagnosis if they present the same symptoms to professionals at different times or to different professionals. |
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What is inter-rater reliability and PPV? |
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What are some issues with reliability? |
Patient factors - unreliable accounts of symptoms. Clinician factors - subjective interpretation of symptoms Diagnostic system factors - lack of standardisation/objectivity in diagnosis. |
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What did Goldstein find when investigating schizophrenia using the DSM-II and DSM-III? |
169 out of 199 agreement between DSM-II and DSM-III; high reliability across the systems over time. 0.8 agreement between Goldstein and two experts using DSM-III; high inter-rater reliability of schizophrenia diagnosis. |
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What did Brown et al find when using the DSM-IV for anxiety and mood disorders? |
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What did Jakobsen find when using the ICD-10 for schizophrenia and psychosis? |
87% PPV for schizophrenia diagnosis, showing the ICD-10 is a reliable tool for schizophrenia diagnois. |
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What did Tarrahi et al 2014 find when using the DSM-IV and ICD-10 for drug addiction? |
Overall 0.95 inter rater reliability for both systems for diagnosing drug dependency and therefore both have high inter-rater reliability. |
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What did Rosenhan find when using the DSM-II for schizophrenia?
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Despite presenting the same symptoms, 1 pseudopatient was diagnosed with manic depression with psychosis, whereas the others were diagnosed with schizophrenia. This shows the DSM-II can be argued as being unreliable for diagnosing schizophrenia in terms of inter-rater reliability. |