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John H. Riskind, PhD; Aaron T. Beck, MD; Robert J. Berchick, PhD; Gary Brown, MS; Robert A. Steer, EdD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1987;44(9):817-820.

Abstract
• This study examined the interrater reliability of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) diagnoses derived from the Structured Clinical interview for DSM-III (SCID). Using videotaped interviews, paired raters made independent diagnoses of 75 psychiatric outpatients. The percent agreement of the raters was 82% for MDD and 86% for GAD; the respective K values were.72 and.79. The results indicated that the SCID can be employed reliably to differentiate MDD from GAD. The SCID is recommended for further research with these disorders.

Author Affiliations
From the Center for Cognitive Therapy, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Drs Riskind, Beck, and Berchick and Mr Brown); and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Osteopathic Medicine, Camden (Dr Steer).

Footnotes
Accepted for publication March 31, 1987.

Reprint requests to Department of Psychiatry, Room 602, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (Dr Beck).

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