Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis in a trial--results of multicenter acceptability and practicability study

During a multicentric field trial involving 134 diagnosticans from 16 centres in a first phase and 38 diagnosticans from 5 centres in a second phase a preliminary version of the manual "Operational Psychodynamic Diagnosis (OPD)" was tested. Focussing on feasibility, practicability and inte...

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Published inPsychotherapie, Psychosomatik, medizinische Psychologie Vol. 46; no. 9-10; p. 356
Main Authors Freyberger, H J, Dierse, B, Schneider, W, Strauss, B, Heuft, G, Schauenburg, H, Pouget-Schors, D, Seidler, G H, Küchenhoff, J, Janssen, P L, Hoffmann, S O
Format Journal Article
LanguageGerman
Published Germany 01.09.1996
Subjects
Adult
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Germany
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders - classification
Mental Disorders - diagnosis
Mental Disorders - psychology
Middle Aged
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales - statistics & numerical data
Psychoanalytic Theory
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Germany
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Summary:During a multicentric field trial involving 134 diagnosticans from 16 centres in a first phase and 38 diagnosticans from 5 centres in a second phase a preliminary version of the manual "Operational Psychodynamic Diagnosis (OPD)" was tested. Focussing on feasibility, practicability and interrater-reliability the different axes of the new system were assessed as comparatively easy to use. The goodness of fit for diagnostic categories and the confidence in the diagnostic process showed a sufficient acceptance of the system. The percentage and chance-corrected inter-rater-reliability coefficients were acceptable for the most axes. It could be demonstrated that interrater-reliability depends on the degree of experiences with the OPD approach. Therefore a systematic training is necessary to use the system.
ISSN:0937-2032