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A second reliability study of a family evaluation instrument based on a five-parameter systems approach is presented. The results are based on the review of videotaped single family interviews. The results showed a high degree of interrater reliability and diagnostic validity despite minimal pre-viewing information. The first section of the paper describes the instrument — the Yale Guide to Family Assessment — and the last section offers an illustrative vignette including that family's ratings on the evaluation grid.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, 25 Park Street, 06519, New Haven, CT, USA

    S. Fleck M.D., D. Quinlan, B. Jalali & R. Rosenheck

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Fleck, S., Quinlan, D., Jalali, B. et al. Family assessment. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 23, 137–144 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01794779

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