Interinformant reliability of family history information on psychiatric disorders in relatives

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 248, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 104-109

  Heun, R ^a   Muller H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dementia; Depression; Family history information; Interinformant reliability

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; RELIABILITY; SPOUSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0031839855     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004060050025     Document Type: Article

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