Cross-National Study of Diagnosis of the Mental Disorders: Methodology and Planning

¹ Chief of psychiatric research (biometrics), Biometrics Research, the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene, 722 West 168th St., New York, N. Y. 10032; director of the project on Diagnosis of Mental Disorder in the United States and United Kingdom; and professor of psychology, College of Physicians and Surgenons, Columbia University, New York, N. Y.

The author describes the instruments that have been developed to provide an objective basis for making reliable diagnoses in the cross-national study. Armed with these tools, the investigators designed an experimental approach to examining patients admitted to a London and a New York mental hospital. The author also outlines the next steps in the study.

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