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TY - JOUR
T1 - Matching resources to care
T2 - the acceptability, validity and inter-rater reliability of a new instrument to assess severe mental illness (MARC-1)
AU - Huxley, Peter
AU - Reilly, Siobhan
AU - Gater, R.
AU - Robinshaw, Eva
AU - Harrison, J.
AU - Mohamad, Hadi
AU - Butler, T.
AU - Windle, Barry
PY - 2000/7
Y1 - 2000/7
N2 - Most definitions of severe mental illness (SMI) are categorical and assign the patient to either SMI or not-SMI status. While this is useful for some purposes, it is a rather limited approach. The purpose of the present study is to develop a new method of addressing the issue of 'severity', and to develop a dimensional rather than a categorical approach. The paper reports on the acceptability, reliability and validity of a method developed to collect a standard set of data covering the majority of items specified in the academic and policy literature as characterising SMI.
AB - Most definitions of severe mental illness (SMI) are categorical and assign the patient to either SMI or not-SMI status. While this is useful for some purposes, it is a rather limited approach. The purpose of the present study is to develop a new method of addressing the issue of 'severity', and to develop a dimensional rather than a categorical approach. The paper reports on the acceptability, reliability and validity of a method developed to collect a standard set of data covering the majority of items specified in the academic and policy literature as characterising SMI.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Female
KW - Great Britain
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Mental Disorders
KW - Mental Health Services
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Observer Variation
KW - Pilot Projects
KW - Questionnaires
KW - Reproducibility of Results
KW - Retrospective Studies
KW - Severity of Illness Index
U2 - 10.1007/s001270050244
DO - 10.1007/s001270050244
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 11016526
VL - 35
SP - 312
EP - 317
JO - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
JF - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
SN - 0933-7954
IS - 7
ER -