Comparison of self-report and clinician-rated measures of psychiatric symptoms and functioning in predicting 1-year hospital readmission

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 568-577

  Clements, Karen M ^a,e   Murphy, Jane M ^a,b,f   Eisen, Susan V ^c,d   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

BASIS 32; Clinician rating; GAF; Multiple informant analysis; Psychiatric rehospitalization self report

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; BEHAVIOR AND SYMPTOM IDENTIFICATION SCALE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33746916838     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: 15733289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10488-006-0066-y     Document Type: Article

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