Challenges and Best Practices in Training and Monitoring Measurement of Psychopathology in Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Settings

Training data from international clinical trials will be reported with respect to diversity in rater credentials, experience and interview skills. Training data demonstrating cultural diversity in perception of affective, psychotic and negative symptoms will be presented.

Current practices with respect to cultural adaptation, validation and translation of scales and in training, certification and monitoring of their use by raters will be presented and critiqued with respect to validity, reliability and practicality.

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