Concurrent validity of the OPCRIT diagnostic system: Comparison of OPCRIT diagnoses with consensus best-estimate lifetime diagnoses

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 58-63

  Craddock, Nick ^a   Asherson, Philip ^a   Owen, Michael J ^a   Williams, Julie ^a   Mcguffin, Peter ^a   Farmer, Anne E ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0029762938     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.169.1.58     Document Type: Review

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