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New study casts doubt on reliability of mental health diagnosis interviews
Diagnostic interviews seen as ‘gold standard’ vary in reliability from condition to condition, study says Diagnostic interviews – the most common way to diagnose substance use and mental disorders including depression, anxiety, bipolar and personality disorders – vary in reliability from condition to condition, according to a new study in Jama Network Open . Laura Duncan, a psychiatry professor at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, and one of the study’s authors , said diagnostic interviews are “often treated as a ‘gold standard’ for assessing mental disorders in both clinical settings and research”, but pointed out that these interviews fall short of providing a “definitive benchmark that demonstrates excellent validity and reliability”. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, New study casts doubt on reliability of mental health diagnosis interviews, Diagnostic interviews seen as ‘gold standard’ vary in reliability from condition to condition, study says Diagnostic interviews – the most common way to diagnose substance use and mental disorders including depression, anxiety, bipolar and personality disorders – vary in reliability from condition to condition, according to a new study in Jama Network Open . Laura Duncan, a psychiatry professor at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, and one of the study’s authors , said diagnostic interviews are “often treated as a ‘gold standard’ for assessing mental disorders in both clinical settings and research”, but pointed out that these interviews fall short of providing a “definitive benchmark that demonstrates excellent validity and reliability”. Continue reading…
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- New study casts doubt on reliability of mental health diagnosis interviewsThe Guardian - 2026-06-06T12:00:03+00:00
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