The Family History Method Using Diagnostic Criteria: Reliability and Validity

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1977, Pages 1229-1235

  Andreasen, Nancy C ^a   Endicott, Jean ^b   Spitzer, Robert L ^b   Winokur, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY; GENETICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMAN; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MENTAL DISORDERS; METHODS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0017715978     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1977.01770220111013     Document Type: Article

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