The section above about reliability of the DSM was rather complex, especially since it was presented from a historical perspective. However, it reects real-life scientic processes. Researchers struggle to get “pure” estimates of reliability, but it is not easy at all, with all the changes in the manual and the overall approach to diagnosis.

To make sense of all these studies, try a couple of exercises that will help you structure information better.

1. Without mentioning any names or research studies summarize the main ideas of this section, starting as follows.

Reliability of the DSM initially was low, but then …

2. Draw a owchart of the main landmarks in the attempt to increase reliability of diagnosis in the DSM.

3. Complete the table (if you don’t have enough information, you might want to do some research online).

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Researcher Beck et al (1962) Kendall (1974) Di Nardo et al (1993) Williams et al (1992) Chmielewski et al (2015) Regier et al (2013) DSM edition Method of establishing inter- rater reliability, audio-/video- recording or test-retest One major finding (state in one sentence]