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Stationary medical rehabilitation facilities pursue the goal of vocational integration. For a successful outcome individual therapeutic interventions based on diagnoses are needed. However studies have shown that only 53 % of the key criteria for psychological disorders were elicited by clinicians. The aim of the current study was to validate clinical diagnoses in psychosomatic rehabilitations facilities based on a validated structured clinical Interview (SCID). The random sample consisted of 136 inpatients of two different German rehabilitation centers whereat each patient got diagnosed by a clinician and on the basis of a structured interview. The results showed a small to moderate interrater agreement between those two diagnostic procedures. The results are consistent with previous studies. Future research needs to discuss the clinical relevance and influence of correct diagnoses within rehabilitation facilities, with regard to integration into employment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]