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PROBE: A Computer Instrument for Field Surveys of Psychiatric Disorder

PROBE: A Computer Instrument for Field Surveys of Psychiatric Disorder Abstract IN SOCIAL psychiatry, epidemiological investigation relies on such techniques as surveys, clinical interviews, and data gathered from key sources other than the subjects. All these raw data must be processed in terms of categories or typologies so that significant associations among the variables can be identified. This part of the research constitutes an enormously time-consuming bottleneck through which virtually all the data must pass before any analytic steps can be undertaken. After some years of preliminary work, a number of basic, interlinked studies were begun in "Stirling County," Nova Scotia, in order to uncover the frequency of psychiatric disorder and examine its relationship to sociocultural factors.1-3 In an effort to develop, test, and define social psychiatric theory, approximately 2,000 persons in this small town and rural area have been and are being evaluated. Of prime importance in any research is the reliability of the evaluation procedure. In any instance References 1. Leighton AH: My Name is Legion . New York, Basic Books Inc Publishers, 1959. 2. Hughes CC, Tremblay MA, Rapoport RN, et al: People of Cove and Woodlot . New York, Basic Books Inc Publishers, 1960. 3. Leighton DC, Hardings JS, Macklin DB, et al: Character of Danger . New York, Basic Books Inc Publishers, 1963. 4. Leighton AH, Lambo TA, Hughes CC, et al: Psychiatric Disorder Among the Yoruba . Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1963. 5. Leighton AH, Leighton DC: Handbook for Psychiatric Evaluation of Personal Data . Cornell Program in Social Psychiatry, SP 342, 1965. 6. Leighton AH, Leighton DC, Danley RA: Validity in mental health surveys . Canad Psychiat Assoc J 11:167-178, 1966. 7. Holt RR: Clinical and statistical prediction . J Abnorm Soc Psychol 56:1-12, 1958.Crossref 8. Meehl PE: Clinical us Statistical Prediction . Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1954. 9. Meehl PE: Problems in the actuarial characterization of a person , in Fiegel H, Scriven M (eds): Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science . Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1956, vol 1. 10. Smith WG, Taintor ZC, Kaplan EB: Computer evaluations in psychiatric epidemiology . Social Psychiat 1:174-181, 1967.Crossref 11. Likert R: A technique for the measurement of attitude . Arch Psychol 22:1-55, 1932. 12. Spitzer RC, Cohen J, Fleiss JC, et al: Quantification of agreement in psychiatric diagnosis . Arch Gen Psychiat 17:83-87, 1967.Crossref 13. Macmillan AM: The health opinion survey . Psychol Rep 3:325-339, 1957.Crossref http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of General Psychiatry American Medical Association

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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1970 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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0003-990X
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1598-3636
DOI
10.1001/archpsyc.1970.01750040064010
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Abstract

Abstract IN SOCIAL psychiatry, epidemiological investigation relies on such techniques as surveys, clinical interviews, and data gathered from key sources other than the subjects. All these raw data must be processed in terms of categories or typologies so that significant associations among the variables can be identified. This part of the research constitutes an enormously time-consuming bottleneck through which virtually all the data must pass before any analytic steps can be undertaken. After some years of preliminary work, a number of basic, interlinked studies were begun in "Stirling County," Nova Scotia, in order to uncover the frequency of psychiatric disorder and examine its relationship to sociocultural factors.1-3 In an effort to develop, test, and define social psychiatric theory, approximately 2,000 persons in this small town and rural area have been and are being evaluated. Of prime importance in any research is the reliability of the evaluation procedure. In any instance References 1. Leighton AH: My Name is Legion . New York, Basic Books Inc Publishers, 1959. 2. Hughes CC, Tremblay MA, Rapoport RN, et al: People of Cove and Woodlot . New York, Basic Books Inc Publishers, 1960. 3. Leighton DC, Hardings JS, Macklin DB, et al: Character of Danger . New York, Basic Books Inc Publishers, 1963. 4. Leighton AH, Lambo TA, Hughes CC, et al: Psychiatric Disorder Among the Yoruba . Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1963. 5. Leighton AH, Leighton DC: Handbook for Psychiatric Evaluation of Personal Data . Cornell Program in Social Psychiatry, SP 342, 1965. 6. Leighton AH, Leighton DC, Danley RA: Validity in mental health surveys . Canad Psychiat Assoc J 11:167-178, 1966. 7. Holt RR: Clinical and statistical prediction . J Abnorm Soc Psychol 56:1-12, 1958.Crossref 8. Meehl PE: Clinical us Statistical Prediction . Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1954. 9. Meehl PE: Problems in the actuarial characterization of a person , in Fiegel H, Scriven M (eds): Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science . Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1956, vol 1. 10. Smith WG, Taintor ZC, Kaplan EB: Computer evaluations in psychiatric epidemiology . Social Psychiat 1:174-181, 1967.Crossref 11. Likert R: A technique for the measurement of attitude . Arch Psychol 22:1-55, 1932. 12. Spitzer RC, Cohen J, Fleiss JC, et al: Quantification of agreement in psychiatric diagnosis . Arch Gen Psychiat 17:83-87, 1967.Crossref 13. Macmillan AM: The health opinion survey . Psychol Rep 3:325-339, 1957.Crossref

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Archives of General PsychiatryAmerican Medical Association

Published: Oct 1, 1970

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