RELIABILITY OF DIAGNOSTIC JUDGMENTS MADE BY PSYCHOLOGISTS.

The article presents information about reliability of diagnostic judgments made by psychologists. The diagnosis is a crucial consideration in deciding upon alternative recommendations for a psychiatric patient. These decisions may involve important consequences for a patient, such as the choice of treatment, commitment to an institution or separation from military service. One could be more confident of the appropriateness of his course of action if the diagnosis given to a patient were the same regardless of which clinician made the evaluation. The purpose of the present study is to investigate both inter and intra judge agreement in making diagnostic judgments.