Psychologists' Judgments regarding Prognosis for Classifications of 15 Functional Psychotic Disorders

Abstract

Reliabilities of pair-comparison judgments of 15 clinical psychologists pertaining to the prognosis favorabilities of classifications of 15 functional psychotic disorders were investigated. The psychologist-judges perceived and judged the comparative prognoses for the classifications in a manner that showed significant intra- and inter-judge reliability. The judged rank order for the classifications was most similar to the rank order as seen by a sample of 22 psychiatrists.