Table 1.

Checklist items with respective means, standard deviations and item-scale correlations (N = 30)

	Item	Max	Mean	Standard deviation	Item-scale correlation
Chief complaint		4	3.27	1.03	0.119
	Admission procedures	1	0.83	0.38	0.326
	Current complaints	3	2.43	0.86	0.080
Substance abuse		3	2.50	0.96	0.322
	Consumed substances	1	0.90	0.31	0.582
	Consumed quantity	1	0.77	0.43	0.431
	Duration of addiction	1	0.83	0.38	0.386
Biography		3	2.33	0.96	0.586
	Family status	1	0.80	0.41	0.562
	Profession	1	0.83	0.38	0.533
	Education	1	0.70	0.47	0.445
Past psychiatric history		3	2.27	0.94	0.642
	Frequency of episodes	1	0.70	0.47	0.121
	Different diagnosis (if necessary)	1	0.70	0.47	0.218
	Duration of disease (since when?)	1	0.87	0.35	0.178
Family history	Family history	1	0.77	0.43	0.134
Past medical history	Comorbidities	1	0.83	0.38	0.242
Mental State Examination		25	19.63	4.84	0.725
	Orientation	2	1.77	0.43	0.165
	Interaction	1	0.87	0.35	0.217
	Attention/concentration	1	0.87	0.35	0.296
	Sleep	1	0.73	0.45	0.037
	Appearance	1	0.50	0.51	0.243
	Memory	1	0.73	0.45	0.411
	Thought process	2	1.60	0.72	0.211
	Fears	1	0.67	0.48	0.650
	Compulsions	1	0.53	0.51	0.368
	Delusion	2	1.83	0.46	0.130
	Perceptual disturbances	2	1.73	0.64	0.414
	Self-disorders	2	1.53	0.82	0.321
	Affect	2	1.67	0.61	0.578
	Psychomotor activity	1	0.90	0.31	0.357
	Suicidality	2	1.87	0.43	0.257
	Endangerment to self	1	0.73	0.45	0.473
	Endangerment to others	1	0.63	0.49	0.348
	Illness insight	1	0.70	0.47	0.346
Diagnosis		5	3.43	1.33	0.554
	Correct diagnosis	3	2.60	0.81	0.641
	Explained why making this diagnosis	2	0.87	0.86	0.320
Impression		5	3.03	1.67	0.526
	Confirmability of statements	1	0.70	0.47	0.445
	Structure	2	1.30	0.92	0.548
	Coherence (at rater’s discretion)	2	1.03	0.72	0.796