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ArticleBMC psychiatry2017

Missed diagnoses in African Americans with obsessive-compulsive disorder: the structured clinical interview for DSM-IV Axis I disorders (SCID-I).

Gregory S Chasson, Monnica T Williams, Darlene M Davis, Jessica Y Combs

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Article in BMC psychiatry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Gregory S ChassonDepartment of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3105 S. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60616, USA.
Monnica T WilliamsDepartment of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Unit 1020, Storrs, CT, 06269-1020, USA. monnica.williams@uconn.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-0095-3277
Darlene M DavisCenter for Mental Health Disparities, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, 2301 South Third Street, Louisville, KY, 40292, USA.
Jessica Y CombsDepartment of Psychology, Spalding University, Louisville, KY, USA.
Illinois Institute of Technology · USSpalding University · USUniversity of Connecticut · USUniversity of Louisville · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundResearch on the utility of structured interviews in assessing OCD is scarce, and even more so, in its use for OCD in African Americans. The purpose of this study was to examine the utility of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-I) in detecting OCD in African Americans when used by well-trained, culturally competent clinicians.

methodsSeventy-four African American adults with OCD were assessed with the SCID-I and additional measures of OCD.

resultsResults revealed the poor diagnostic utility of the SCID OCD section (SCID-OCD), with 66.2% (N = 49) correctly identified and 33.8% (N = 25) incorrectly diagnosed. Participants receiving the correct diagnosis were more likely to endorse compulsive behaviors, specifically ordering compulsions, and experience greater symptom severity.

conclusionThe lack of sensitivity for identification of OCD is discussed as the SCID-OCD seems to often miss a true diagnosis of OCD in African Americans.

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Diagnostic ErrorsAdultBlack or African AmericanCompulsive BehaviorDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersFemaleHumansInterview, PsychologicalMaleMiddle AgedObsessive-Compulsive DisorderSensitivity and SpecificityYoung AdultAfrican Americans: AssessmentObsessive-compulsive disorderRaceStructured interviews

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