The British Journal of Psychiatry 147: 545-546 (1985)
© 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Standardised Psychiatric Interview in elderly demented patients
GS Winslow, BR Ballinger and AM McHarg
Twenty patients with dementia were assessed by two raters, using the
Standardised Psychiatric Interview of Goldberg et al (1970). Inter- rater
reliability was good or fair for many items, but test-retest reliability
and validity were less good. A single interview does not appear to provide
a full picture of psychiatric (excluding cognitive) symptoms in demented
patients.