Participants
agoraphobia, anxiety disorder, DSM-IV-TR Axis I Disorders, depressive disorder, PD, PTSD, dysthymia, MDD, OCD, SAD
The inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) a DSM-IV diagnosis of MDD, dysthymia, depressive disorder not otherwise specified, PD with agoraphobia, PD without agoraphobia, agoraphobia without history of PD, SAD, OCD, PTSD, GAD, or anxiety disorder not otherwise specified, as assessed by a Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV-TR Axis I Disorders (SCID-IV-TR) (First, Spitzer, Gibbon, & Williams, Six independent evaluators, who were blinded to the allocation, conducted the SCID-IV-TR, GRID-HAMD, and other rating scales. All evaluated assessments were recorded, and 20% of the completed assessments were randomly selected to calculate the intraclass correlation coefficient using a two-way random-effects model for absolute agreement. Independent evaluators were unaware as to which interview sessions were to be re-evaluated for inter-rater consistency.