Variability between psychiatrists on domains of the mental status examination.

Conclusions: The overall reliability of the MSE based on Cronbach's alpha was good and the mean variability was low. This indicates that the MSE performed by three psychiatrists is reliable. The main reason for variability was due to individual interpretation and discrepancies in literature. The literature-driven variability could possibly be reduced by approaching national tradition to international practise. The individual variability maybe reduced by increasing the opportunities for clinical group rating.
PMID: 31852322 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Nordic Journal of Psychiatry - December 21, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Nord J Psychiatry Source Type: research