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A longitudinal psychopathological schedule

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Ian Brockington,
Anne Roper,
Elaine Edmunds,
Carol Kaufman and
Herbert Y. Meltzer
Ian Brockington*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham
Anne Roper
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham
Elaine Edmunds
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham
Carol Kaufman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham
Herbert Y. Meltzer
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham
*
1 Address for correspondence: Professor Ian Brockington, Department of Psychiatry, Queen Elizabeth Psychiatric Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham B15 2QZ.
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Synopsis

A schedule is described for rating the symptoms of mental illness over a period of time which includes several episodes. The reliability was measured in a study involving six raters. The sources of information required were studied, in 20 patients, by comparing an interview with the patient, a similar interview with an informant and an analysis of the case records. A synopsis of interview and record data are necessary to obtain adequate information about longitudinal psychopathology and ‘lifetime’ diagnosis.

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , November 1992, pp. 1035 - 1043
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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