A SCAN-SADS comparison study of psychotic subjects and their first-degree relatives

A Farmer; P Cosyns; M Leboyer; W Maier; O Mors; M Sargeant; P Bebbington; P McGuffin

doi:10.1007/BF02190248

A SCAN-SADS comparison study of psychotic subjects and their first-degree relatives

Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 1993;242(6):352-6. doi: 10.1007/BF02190248.

Authors

A Farmer¹, P Cosyns, M Leboyer, W Maier, O Mors, M Sargeant, P Bebbington, P McGuffin

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.

PMID: 8323985
DOI: 10.1007/BF02190248

Abstract

Two diagnostic interviews, the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (lifetime version) (SADS-LA) and the Schedule for the Clinical Assessment of Neuropsychiatry (SCAN) were compared for main diagnoses and for their acceptibility to psychotic subjects and their psychiatrically well relatives. Broad agreement for DSM-III, DSM-III-R and draft ICD-10 diagnoses was good, although there were areas of disagreement between the two interviews which are discussed.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Family*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / standards*
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / statistics & numerical data
Psychometrics
Psychotic Disorders / classification
Psychotic Disorders / diagnosis*
Psychotic Disorders / genetics
Reproducibility of Results
Terminology as Topic