The rating of symptoms by a psychiatrist and a non-psychiatrist: a study of patients referred from general practice
- 1 February 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine
- Vol. 7 (4), 713-715
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700006371
Abstract
Synopsis A psychologist interviewing patients referred to the psychiatric service of a health centre rated twice as much morbidity, measured by total PSE score, as a psychiatrist interviewing equivalent patients. Scores on the self-rated GHQ showed no difference between the 2 groups. It is suggested that such differences could be avoided by giving careful attention to training interviewers.Keywords
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