The 3rd paper of this series (see PA, Vol 67:12520 and 12282) describes the administration by psychiatrists of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule of the National Institute of Mental Health to 216 individuals. The DSM-III, Feighner, and Research Diagnostic Criteria diagnoses derived from the computerized interview results were then compared for 8 psychiatric disorders (e.g., major depressive
... [Show full abstract] episode, schizophrenia, and antisocial personality). Rates of diagnostic concordance among the systems are given, and the causes of diagnostic discrepancies are discussed. Diagnostic concordance was highest for mania and alcoholism and lowest for schizophrenia and antisocial personality disorder. (10 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)