IPDE - Extranet Systems - World Health Organization
IPDE - Extranet Systems - World Health Organization
IPDE - Extranet Systems - World Health Organization
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90 A. W. Loranger<br />
The substantial disagreement regarding the dissocial and antisocial<br />
diagnoses is not entirely unexpected considering the different<br />
approaches the two classification systems have taken regarding the disorder.<br />
The DSM-111-R emphasized lawbreaking and criminal acts, while<br />
ICD-10 is more concerned with generic concepts such as lack of empathy,<br />
inability to profit from experience, and inability to maintain<br />
enduring relationships.<br />
It is also possible to judge the overall agreement between DSM-111-R<br />
and ICD-l0 for the eight disorders they share in common. This can be<br />
done by calculating an overall weighted kappa based on all of these disorders,<br />
regardless of whether they meet the criterion of a S 8 base rate.<br />
That kappa is .S4, an indication of only moderate agreement. There<br />
appears to be sufficient disagreement regarding the cases of personality<br />
disorders identified by ICD-I0 and DSM-111-R to justify the prior decision<br />
of the WHOIADAMHA (US Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental<br />
<strong>Health</strong> Administration) steering committee to develop an instrument that<br />
would accommodate both classification systems. The two, however, provide<br />
roughly similar interrater agreement and temporal stability when<br />
assessed by the <strong>IPDE</strong>.<br />
Conclusions<br />
The <strong>IPDE</strong> was administered by 58 psychiatrists and clinical psychol*<br />
gists to 716 patients in 11 counhies in North America, Europe, Africa,<br />
and Asia. The interview demonstrated an interrater reliability and temporal<br />
stability roughly similar to instruments used to diagnose the psychoses,<br />
mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders. Experienced<br />
clinicians also found the instrument user friendly, c~lNt'dly relevant,<br />
and clinically meaningful. By providing a standard method of diagnosis<br />
and case identification, the <strong>IPDE</strong> should stimulate international PD<br />
research, and facilitate comparisons of the results of such worldwide<br />
investigations.<br />
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