When Less Is More: How Fewer Diagnostic Criteria Can Indicate Greater Severity

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-293

  Cooper, Luke D ^a   Balsis, Steve ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnostic threshold; DSM V; item response theory; National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC); polythetic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MENTAL DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SCHIZOID PERSONALITY DISORDER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70249106703     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016698     Document Type: Article

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