Psychiatry Research
Volume 170, Issue 2 , Pages 252-255 , 30 December 2009

Validity of routine clinical DSM-IV diagnoses (Axis I/II) in inpatients with mental disorders

  • Sylke Andreas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Psychology, Center of Psychosocial Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Medical Psychology, Center of Psychosocial Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, Building S35, DE-20246 Hamburg, Germany. Tel.: +49 40 42803 7705; fax: +49 40 42803 4940.
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Pia Theisen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Psychology, Center of Psychosocial Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Robert Mestel

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine, Bad Groenenbach, Germany
    • ,
  • Uwe Koch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Psychology, Center of Psychosocial Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
    • ,
  • Holger Schulz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Psychology, Center of Psychosocial Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

Received 23 February 2008 ,Revised 5 September 2008 ,Accepted 30 September 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.09.009

Psychiatry Research
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