Accuracy of the diagnoses of affective disorders and schizophrenia in public hospitals

A. E. Pulver; W. T. Carpenter; L. Adler; J. McGrath

doi:10.1176/ajp.145.2.218

Accuracy of the diagnoses of affective disorders and schizophrenia in public hospitals

A. E. Pulver, W. T. Carpenter, L. Adler, J. McGrath

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The authors compared hospital diagnoses with best-estimate research diagnoses of affective disorders and schizophrenia for patients admitted to public psychiatric hospitals in Maryland. The concern that there is overdiagnosis of schizophrenia and underdiagnosis of affective disorders was not supported by this study.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	218-220
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume	145
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.145.2.218
State	Published - 1988
Externally published	Yes

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