Affective disorders in patients with MD can only be detected by means of a clinician-administered diagnostic interview.

But the most widely used diagnostic interview protocols in psychiatry do not include questions on dissociative disorders, on the assumption that they are too rare to bother with, said Dr. Spiegel.

Additionally diagnostic interviews were performed to diagnose current and lifetime mental disorders (DSM-IV).

Assessment methods include diagnostic interviews, self-report measures from both the parent and child, observation of parent-child interaction, and specialized assessment for preschool-aged children.

An audition and a diagnostic interview are required in the admission process to each of these concentrations in order to guarantee that students will be successful in pursuing their future career according to their talents and interest.

Having completed three years of my psychiatry residency, I am skilled at performing a diagnostic interview, prescribing a psychotropic medication, and (if insurance allows) providing for a brief course of psychotherapy.

The researchers evaluated 22,462 patients who visited doctors regularly, using detailed diagnostic interviews to pick a representative sample of 650 severely depressed people.

While there have been many theories proposing links between artistic creativity and mental illness, Dr. Andreasen's is one of the few studies in which outstanding writers have undergone systematic diagnostic interviews.

Family history, and the use of questionnaires, checklists, and diagnostic interviews have been helpful in diagnosing children with bipolar disorder.

It is important that screening instruments be validated in cancer populations and used in combination with structured diagnostic interviews.