TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - Validity of DSM-III-R diagnosis by psychological autopsy: a comparison with clinician ante-mortem diagnosis
JO  - Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica
A1  - Kelly, T. M.
A1  - Mann, J. J.
SP  - 337
EP  - 343
VL  - 94
IS  - 5
N2  - Psychological autopsies are an important research tool in establishing risk factors associated with suicide. We report the results of a validity study comparing psychological autopsy-generated DSM-III-R diagnoses in suicides and non-suicides with chart diagnoses generated by clinicians who had treated the subjects prior to death. The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R Disorders (SCID-P) and the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R Personality Disorders (SCID-II) were used to make independent post-mortem diagnoses. Comparison of research diagnoses with clinician ante-mortem diagnoses generated kappa coefficients of 0.85 for Axis I diagnoses and 0.65 for Axis II conditions. These kappa coefficients compare favourably with direct patient interview reliability studies. This provides evidence for the validity of the psychological autopsy as a method of determining psychiatric diagnosis.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0001-690X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -