| Abstract: | Previous studies by the united states-united kingdom diagnostic project have shown that substantial differences in the diagnosis of an affective illness or schizophrenia exist between london and new york psychiatrists. The finding of much closer agreement between the project's and the london hospitals' diagnoses than between the project's and the new york hospitals' diagnoses was complicated by the possibility of bias because the united states project team was british trained. A subsample of 63 new york patients was assessed independently by american psychologists using an american psychological test, the structured clinical interview. Results show a weak relationship between hospital diagnosis and psychopathology: only 1 of 10 subtests showed a statistically significant difference. A much stronger association was found between the project's diagnosis and psychopathology: 5 subtests showed statistically significant differences. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
