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IPDE - Extranet Systems - World Health Organization

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54 A. A. Dahl and A. Andreoli<br />

which may not be valid elsewhere. This criticism was not widespread, and<br />

ultimately the <strong>IPDE</strong> proved relevant across cultural and social settings.<br />

Some investigators noted some problems of applicability. A few mentioned,<br />

e.g., that questions concerning reckless driving, and physical<br />

abuse of family members were problematic in their culture. Some high<br />

school education was probability necessary for an adequate understanding<br />

of the <strong>IPDE</strong> questions. And in some counvies the high rate of longterm<br />

unemployment made the questions related to work experience less<br />

meaningful.<br />

The following quotes illustrate experiences with the <strong>IPDE</strong> in different<br />

cultures:<br />

The pattern of occurrence of personality disorders is largely unexplored in the Indian context, and<br />

the <strong>IPDE</strong> may usher in empirical investigation into this area.<br />

Overall I am finding few problems of applicability of the <strong>IPDE</strong> to our culture of interest. Our subjects<br />

an mostly American urbanites who reside near the birthplace of the DSM-III-R itself.<br />

Therefore, one might expect that our subjects would share values and perspectives similar to those<br />

exemplified by the <strong>IPDE</strong>. This seems to be the case.<br />

Respondents who were not psychologically-minded had great difficulty with borderline questions<br />

about identity. Although patients suffering from mental subnormality were excluded, those<br />

respondents whose intelligence appeared to be at the lower end of normal had considerable difficulty<br />

with these concepts. In contrast, subjects from middle-class backgrounds pedormed much<br />

more satisfactorily.<br />

In French culture, people often answer not with specific examples, but more in tenns of: 'I feel<br />

this way.'<br />

It is my impression that the <strong>IPDE</strong> asks for a kind of psychological-mindedness or self-reflection<br />

which is often not found in Holland. I also think that the place of leisure activities and social relations<br />

compared to work is somewhat different in our culture, which could lead to an overdiagnosis<br />

of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.<br />

If there is need to shorten the interview, please indicate the sections<br />

that can be omitted.<br />

All centres reported that the <strong>IPDE</strong> took a long time to administer, and the<br />

instrument can be shortened if only one of the two diagnostic systems is<br />

used. If only certain PDs need to be evaluated, it can also be shortened,<br />

but all PDs have to be examined to get complete differential diagnostic<br />

coverage. Several centres reported that they had not found any cases of<br />

DSM-III-R sadistic PD. and that the questions for that diagnosis could be<br />

omitted. It should be noted that in DSM-IV, sadistic, self-defeating, and

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