Table 1

Agreement About the Psychiatric Diagnosis Between Experts From the Same and Opposite Sides

Role of the Expert Witnesses	Agree		Disagree	Kappa	95% CI
Role of the Expert Witnesses	Present	Absent	Disagree	Kappa	95% CI
Acquired brain injuries
Same role	12	55	10	0.623	0.400–0.845
Opposite roles	14	121	12	0.653	0.493–0.814
Schizophrenia-spectrum psychoses
Same role	21	47	9	0.737	0.514–0.959
Opposite roles	45	76	26	0.630	0.469–0.791
Substance-induced psychotic disorder
Same role	22	48	7	0.795	0.572–1.00
Opposite roles	10	133	4	0.819	0.657–0.980
Depressive disorders
Same role	6	59	13	0.381	0.154–0.603
Opposite roles	14	111	22	0.476	0.321–0.630
Anxiety disorders
Same role	2	63	11	0.187	−0.037–0.411
Opposite roles	2	129	16	0.144	−0.0138–0.302
Substance dependence or abuse
Same role	16	44	17	0.514	0.291–0.737
Opposite roles	45	77	25	0.643	0.481–0.805
Intellectual disability
Same role	15	55	7	0.751	0.529–0.974
Opposite roles	20	121	6	0.845	0.684–1.00
Personality disorder
Same role	2	72	3	0.555	0.355–0.755
Opposite roles	6	134	7	0.607	0.445–0.768
Principal Axis I diagnosis
Same role	42	17	18	0.491	0.281–0.713
Opposite roles	74	35	38	0.453	0.296–0.609
Any psychosis^*
Same role	24	46	7	0.802	0.578–1.00
Opposite roles	61	64	22	0.702	0.542–0.862

* Diagnoses include schizophrenia-spectrum psychosis, SIPD, psychotic depression, mania, and delirium tremens.