Journal article
Adequacy of Interviews vs Checklists for Classifying Childhood Psychiatric Disorder Based on Parent Reports
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The advantages and disadvantages of lay-administered structured interviews and self-administered problem checklists for estimating prevalence and associated features of childhood psychiatric disorder have attracted little comment. This article compares the scientific adequacy of these 2 instruments for classifying DSM-III-R categories of childhood psychiatric disorder in general population samples.
METHODS: Study data are from …
Authors
Boyle MH; Offord DR; Racine YA; Szatmari P; Sanford M; Fleming JE
Journal
JAMA Psychiatry, Vol. 54, No. 9, pp. 793–799
Publisher
American Medical Association (AMA)
Publication Date
September 1, 1997
DOI
10.1001/archpsyc.1997.01830210029003
ISSN
2168-622X