Miguel Vadillo (@mavadillo.bsky.social)

New study casts doubt on reliability of mental health diagnosis interviews Diagnostic interviews seen as ‘gold standard’ vary in reliability from condition to condition, study says Diagnostic interviews – the most common way to diagnose substance use and mental disorders including depression, anxiety, bipolar and personality disorders – vary in reliability from condition to condition, according to a new study in Jama Network Open. Laura Duncan, a psychiatry professor at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, and one of the study’s authors, said diagnostic interviews are “often treated as a ‘gold standard’ for assessing mental disorders in both clinical settings and research”, but pointed out that these interviews fall short of providing a “definitive benchmark that demonstrates excellent validity and reliability”. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/06/mental-health-disorders-interview-diagnosis-study?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu