Objective: Diagnoses play an important role in treatment planning and monitoring, but
extensive research has shown low agreement between clinician-generated diagnoses and …

Several studies have documented low rates of agreement between clinician-and researcher-
generated diagnoses. However, little is known about whether this lack of agreement has …

Abstract Although the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is widely
used in both clinical and research settings, little is known about agreement between …

Data on clinician diagnostic practices suggest they may not align with evidence-based
guidelines. To better understand these practices, a multidisciplinary survey of 1,678 child …

OBJECTIVES: To compare the prevalence and agreement of DSM-IV diagnoses based on
Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version IV (DISC-IV) and clinician assignment …

Discrepancies among informants' ratings of child psychopathology have important
implications for diagnosis, assessment, and treatment. Typically, parents and children …

The objectives of this study were to determine (a) if child characteristics relate to
disagreement between clinician‐assigned diagnoses and diagnoses derived from parent …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the unique cases contributed by parent and child informants to
diagnostic classification, with the goal of identifying those diagnoses for which either or both …

Recent findings highlight the limited agreement between diagnostic ratings provided by
practicing clinicians and the self-report and interview methods typically employed in …

Twenty-eight children with developmental disorders underwent an interdisciplinary
assessment for diagnosis and recommendations about management. Following this …