DSM-IV diagnostic criterion for clinical significance: Does it help solve the false positives problem?

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 156, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1856-1864

  Spitzer, Robert L ^a   Wakefield, Jerome C ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0032744012     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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