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Resemblance of symptoms for major depression assessed at interview versus from hospital record review.

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BACKGROUND: Diagnostic information for psychiatric research often depends on both clinical interviews and medical records. Although discrepancies between these two sources are well known, there have been few studies into the degree and origins of inconsistencies. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We compared data from structured interviews and medical records on 1,970 Han Chinese women with recurrent DSM-IV major depression (MD). Correlations were high for age at onset of MD (0.93) and number of episodes (...

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10.1371/journal.pone.0028734

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Institution:
University of Oxford
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MSD
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Nuffield Department of Population Health
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Clinical Trial Service Unit
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Public Library of Science Publisher's website
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PloS one Journal website
Volume:
7
Issue:
1
Article number:
e28734
Publication date:
2012-01-01
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EISSN:
1932-6203
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1932-6203

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