Diagnostic stability in a Dutch psychosis incidence cohort
Diagnostic stability in a Dutch psychosis incidence cohort
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DOI:
10.1192/bjp.185.6.460
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发表时间:
2004-12-01
影响因子:
10.5
通讯作者:
Kahn, RS
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作者:
Veen, ND;Selten, JP;Kahn, RS
Background No study outside the UK has examined the diagnostic stability of psychotic disorders in a population- based sample.Aims To determine diagnostic stability in a Dutch population -based psychosis incidence cohort, to examine the frequencies of diagnostic shifts to and from schizophrenic disorders and to report the revised relative risks of schizophrenic disorders for immigrants.Method A 30 -month follow-up study assessed the cohort (n=181) by means of face-to-face diagnostic interviews.Results Diagnostic stability of schizophrenic disorders was high (91%), but lower for other psychotic disorders. At follow-up, the initial diagnosis was adjusted to schizophrenic disorder more often than that the reverse occurred. Almost half (49%) of the patients who were not initially diagnosed as having a schizophrenic disorder received this diagnosis at follow up. The relative risks for most immigrant groups were stable.Conclusions Schizophrenic disorders are under diagnosed, rather than overdiagnosed, at first presentation.