The L-D Trend Oriented Psychiatric Record

A sixty-five item psychiatric inventory was developed to comply with the requirements for trend oriented medical record keeping for psychiatric patients. The inventory is set in a clinically practical format, and severity rating allow for the ojectification and standardization of clinical data. A preliminary study indicated high interrater reliability and interrater agreement. A description of the L-D Trend Oriented Psychiatric Record, instructions for its use, and its relative advantages for clinical and research purposes are presented.