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The rating of symptoms by a psychiatrist and a non-psychiatrist: a study of patients referred from general practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

J. K. Wing ,
A. S. Henderson  and
Margaret Winckle
J. K. Wing*
Affiliation:
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London, and the Social Psychiatry Research Unit, National Health and Medical Research Council, Australian National University, Canberra
A. S. Henderson
Affiliation:
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London, and the Social Psychiatry Research Unit, National Health and Medical Research Council, Australian National University, Canberra
Margaret Winckle
Affiliation:
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London, and the Social Psychiatry Research Unit, National Health and Medical Research Council, Australian National University, Canberra
*
1Address for correspondence: Professor J. K. Wing, MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF.
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Synopsis

A psychologist interviewing patients referred to the psychiatric service of a health centre rated twice as much morbidity, measured by total PSE score, as a psychiatrist interviewing equivalent patients. Scores on the self-rated GHQ showed no difference between the 2 groups. It is suggested that such differences could be avoided by giving careful attention to training interviewers.

Type
Brief Communication
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , November 1977 , pp. 713 - 715
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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