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IPDE - Extranet Systems - World Health Organization

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1 9 <strong>IPDE</strong><br />

considerable training and experience in making psychiatric diagnoses.<br />

Like other semistructured clinical interviews, its reliability and validity<br />

are inseparable fmm the qualifications and training of the person using it.<br />

It is designed for experienced psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and<br />

those with comparable training, who are capable of making independent<br />

psychiatric diagnoses without a semistructured interview. It is not<br />

intended for use by clinicians in the early phase of their training, or by<br />

research assistants, nurses, and medical or graduate students. Most clinicians<br />

feel comfortable with the <strong>IPDE</strong> and achieve a basic pmficiency<br />

after giving about 10 interviews. Those who wish to obtain the optimal<br />

training are encouraged tn enrol1 in the course offered at the worldwide<br />

WHO training centres.<br />

References<br />

1. Jablensky, A., Sartorius, N., Hirschfeld, R. & Pardes, H. Diagnosis and classification<br />

of mental disorders and alcohol- and drug-related problems: a research<br />

agenda for the 1980s. PsychologicalMedicine, 1983: 13: 907-21.<br />

2. <strong>World</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Organization</strong>. The ICD-l0 Classification of Mental and<br />

Behavioural Disorders, Diagnostic Crire~ for Research. Geneva: <strong>World</strong><br />

<strong>Health</strong> <strong>Organization</strong>, 1993.<br />

3. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Starisricd Manual of Menral<br />

Disorders, revised 3rd edn. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.<br />

1987.<br />

4. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental<br />

Disorders, revised 4th edn. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association,<br />

1994.<br />

5. Loranger, A.W. Personaliry Disorder Examination (PDE) Manual. Yonkers:<br />

DV Communications. 1988.

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