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Published Online: September 1970

A Comparison of Psychiatric Symptom Frequency Under Narrative and Check List Conditions

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

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The authors investigated the effect of the frequency with which descriptive items are used when a check list is substituted for the usual narrative history. The results of the study suggest that rather than resulting in a loss of descriptive information the check list produced a sizable increase in the use of such terms.

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American Journal of Psychiatry
Pages: 379 - 382
PubMed: 5458607

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Published in print: September 1970
Published online: 1 April 2006

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Research psychologist and associate professor of psychology, Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alta., Canada
Computer systems analyst, Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alta., Canada

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