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Reliability of the Psychosocial Axes of DSM-III in an Adolescent Population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J. M. Rey ,
J. M. Plapp ,
G. Stewart ,
I. Richards  and
M. Bashir
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Abstract

Three psychosocial variables were rated independently by two clinicians for 140 adolescent referrals to a psychiatric unit. Overall, intraclass correlations for DSM-III Axis IV, Axis V and a psychosocial adversity index (PSAI) were respectively 0.44, 0.58 and 0.68. The main source of unreliability is probably the operational definitions, rather than their application by clinicians; indices similar to the PSAI may be preferable.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 150 , Issue 2 , February 1987 , pp. 228 - 234
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Copyright © 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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