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'''Psychiatry''' is a subfield of [[medicine]] concerned with disorders traditionally deemed [[mental]] in nature. These include, most notably, [[neurodegenerative disease]]s like [[Alzheimer's disease]] and other forms of [[dementia]] but also [[neurodevelopmental disorder]]s like [[autism]] | '''Psychiatry''' is a subfield of [[medicine]] concerned with disorders traditionally deemed [[mental]] in nature. These include, most notably, [[neurodegenerative disease]]s like [[Alzheimer's disease]] and other forms of [[dementia]] but also [[neurodevelopmental disorder]]s like [[autism]] and [[schizophrenia]]. | ||
==Diagnosis== | |||
The interrater reliability of psychiatric diagnosis varies across diseases.<ref name="pmid9766775">{{cite journal| author=Way BB, Allen MH, Mumpower JL, Stewart TR, Banks SM| title=Interrater agreement among psychiatrist in psychiatric emergency assessments. | journal=Am J Psychiatry | year= 1998 | volume= 155 | issue= 10 | pages= 1423-8 | pmid=9766775 | doi= | pmc= | url= }} </ref> | |||
==References== | |||
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Psychiatry is a subfield of medicine concerned with disorders traditionally deemed mental in nature. These include, most notably, neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia but also neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and schizophrenia.
Diagnosis
The interrater reliability of psychiatric diagnosis varies across diseases.[1]
References
- ↑ Way BB, Allen MH, Mumpower JL, Stewart TR, Banks SM (1998). "Interrater agreement among psychiatrist in psychiatric emergency assessments.". Am J Psychiatry 155 (10): 1423-8. PMID 9766775. [e]