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Research Diagnostic Criteria

Rationale and Reliability

Robert L. Spitzer, MD; Jean Endicott, PhD; Eli Robins, MD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1978;35(6):773-782.


Abstract

• A crucial problem in psychiatry, affecting clinical work as well as research, is the generally low reliability of current psychiatric diagnostic procedures. This article describes the development and initial reliability studies of a set of specific diagnostic criteria for a selected group of functional psychiatric disorders, the Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDC). The RDC are being widely used to study a variety of research issues, particularly those related to genetics, psychobiology of selected mental disorders, and treatment outcome. The data presented here indicate high reliability for diagnostic judgments made using these criteria.



Author Affiliations

From Biometrics Research, New York State Psychiatric Institute, and the Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York (Drs Spitzer and Endicott); and the Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis (Dr Robins). Dr Robins is Wallace Renard Professor of Psychiatry.


Footnotes

Accepted for publication Dec 18, 1977

Read before the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Toronto, May 1977.

Reprint requests to Biometrics Research, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 722 W 168th St, New York, NY 10032 (Dr Spitzer).



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