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How specific is specific impairment?

H R Bird1, M Davies, P Fisher

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York 10032, USA.

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
|September 15, 2000
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Specific impairment ratings in child mental health assessments show poor agreement with global measures and may be influenced by a "halo effect," indicating a need for refined diagnostic criteria.

Area of Science:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Mental Health Assessment
  • Diagnostic Instruments

Background:

  • Accurate assessment of impairment is crucial for diagnosing clinically significant psychopathology in children.
  • Structured diagnostic instruments aim to improve diagnostic reliability and validity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the utility of impairment items at the end of diagnostic sections in the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version 2.3.
  • To determine if these items effectively link impairment to specific diagnoses in child mental health evaluations.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from three sites of the Methods for the Epidemiology of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders Study.
  • Assessed reliability of diagnosis-specific impairment measures, impact on prevalence rates, concordance between global and specific impairment, and potential halo effects.

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Main Results:

  • Parent ratings demonstrated better test-retest reliability than youth ratings.
  • Fewer children were rated impaired on global scales compared to specific ratings, suggesting a need to reevaluate specific rating thresholds.
  • Agreement between specific and global impairment ratings was poor, and a halo effect was observed where impairment was attributed to multiple diagnoses.

Conclusions:

  • Impairment measures are vital for identifying clinically significant psychopathology in diagnostic assessments.
  • Enhancing structured instruments with diagnosis-specific impairment parameters is recommended for improved accuracy.