Dinardo

Question 1

aim of dinardo

Answer 1

to investigate the reliability of DSM

Question 2

method of dinardo

Answer 2

• examined anxiety and mood disorder in 362 outpatients
• each patient underwent administation of their anxiety disorder interview schedule for DSM 3
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Question 3

findings of dinardo

Answer 3

• hgih reliability for DSM categories like OCD, simple phobia, and social phobia
• Good reliability for panic disorder
• Only fair for generalized anxiety disorder
• for disorders such as depression, common sources of unreliability due to ambiguity around whether the symptoms were sufficient enough to meet DSM criteria

Question 4

conclusion of dinardo

Answer 4

DSM is a standardised manual with generally high reliability for most anxiety and mood disorders, can be unreliable for certain disorders such as depression

Question 5

limitation of dinardo

Answer 5

Used DSM3 and now there is a DSM 5 so its not up to date now and not applicable now for diagnosis. Could provide more valid diagnosis

Hard to reliabily measure anxiety
No standardized scale
Anxiety is subjective

Question 6

Strength of dinardo

Answer 6

Large sample size