Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 38-42 , January 2005

Sensitivity of ICD-10 diagnosis of psychotic disorders in the Israeli National Hospitalization Registry compared with RDC diagnoses based on SADS-L

  • Mark Weiser

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel
    • Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, P.O. Box 39040, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer 52621, Israel. Tel.: +972 3 530 3436; fax: +972 3 635 8599.
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  • Kyra Kanyas

      Affiliations

    • Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Dolores Malaspina

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • ,
  • Philip D. Harvey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
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  • Ittai Glick

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel
    • ,
  • Deborah Goetz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
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  • Osnat Karni

      Affiliations

    • Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Avi Yakir

      Affiliations

    • Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Neil Turetsky

      Affiliations

    • Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Shmuel Fennig

      Affiliations

    • Shalvata Mental Health Center, Hod Hasharon 45100, Israel
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  • Daniella Nahon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem 91010, Israel
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  • Bernard Lerer

      Affiliations

    • Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Michael Davidson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel
    • Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, P.O. Box 39040, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.07.016

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 38-42 , January 2005

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