Structured Diagnostic Interviews

question 48

Multiple Choice

Structured diagnostic interviews

• A) increase diagnostic reliability over unstructured interviews.
• B) do not yet exist, but are being developed for both Axis I and Axis II disorders.
• C) yield equally reliable diagnoses for all DSM-IV-TR disorders.
• D) more than one of the above

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