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¹Department of Clinical Psychology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore - 570 006, Karnataka, India.

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|August 13, 2011

Summary

This review clarifies psychometry and clinimetrics in Indian clinical psychology and psychiatry. It surveys clinimetric research in the Indian Journal of Psychiatry, highlighting trends and future directions for mental measurement.

Keywords:

Behavior assessment Clinimetrics Diagnostic assessment Indian scales and inventories psychometry

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Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology
Psychometrics and Clinimetrics

Background:

Defines psychometry and its historical/contemporary meanings.
Introduces clinimetrics as a paradigm shift in measuring clinical variables.
Highlights the growing importance of quantitative methods in mental health.

Purpose of the Study:

To clarify the concepts of psychometry and clinimetrics.
To review the application of clinimetrics in Indian psychiatric research.
To analyze trends and propose future research directions in mental measurement.

Main Methods:

Conceptual analysis and literature review.
Bibliographic survey of research papers in the Indian Journal of Psychiatry (1958-2009).
Content analysis of identified clinimetric contributions.

Main Results:

Identified 105 relevant papers (4.07% of scanned) on clinimetry over 50 years.
Analyzed contributions across various categories of mental measurements.
Revealed trends in the application of clinimetrics in Indian psychiatry.

Conclusions:

Emphasizes the evolving role of clinimetrics in clinical psychology and psychiatry.
Suggests future research avenues for enhancing mental measurement in India.
Underscores the need for rigorous application of clinimetric principles.