Abstract
In a survey of 200 depressed patients, clinical symptoms of depression were assessed by both semistructured clinical interview and self-report. Both instruments were given during the acute episode and at follow-up, ten months later, when a majority of patients had recovered. Results indicate concordance between clinical assessment and self-report is low during the acute episode but generally improved at follow-up. Ratings of individual symptoms show a fair degree of specificity. The overall assessment of severity during the acute episode is particularly discordant. These findings demonstrate that self-reports are useful in measuring the presence or absence of symptoms and therefore valuable in assessing recovery. However, self-report ratings from acutely depressed patients are not a reliable estimate of the severity of their symptoms.
Keywords
ConcordanceDepression (economics)MedicinePsychiatryPsychologySelf-report studyClinical psychologyInternal medicine
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- 1972
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- article
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- 26
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- 6
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- 546-546
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- 207
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Brigitte A. Prusoff
(1972).
Concordance Between Clinical Assessments and Patients' Self-Report in Depression.
Archives of General Psychiatry
, 26
(6)
, 546-546.
https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1972.01750240058009
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- 10.1001/archpsyc.1972.01750240058009