A longitudinal psychopathological schedule

Ian Brockington*, Anne Roper, Elaine Edmunds, Carol Kaufman, Herbert Y. Meltzer

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Abstract

A schedule is described for rating the symptoms of mental illness over a period of time which includes several episodes. The reliability was measured in a study involving six raters. The sources of information required were studied, in 20 patients, by comparing an interview with the patient, a similar interview with an informant and an analysis of the case records. A synopsis of interview and record data are necessary to obtain adequate information about longitudinal psychopathology and ‘lifetime’ diagnosis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1035-1043
Number of pages9
JournalPsychological Medicine
Volume22
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1992

Funding

This study was funded by the North Western and West Midlands Regional Health Authorities. It was also supported in part by USP HS MH 25116, MH 30059, MH 30938 and by the State of Illinois Department of Mental Health. We thank Mary Buckley, Peter Wigg, Carol Kaufman, Richard Hawley and Anne Farmer who participated in reliability studies, and the Birmingham consultants for permission to study their patients.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Applied Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

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