The Agreement between Behaviour Checklists and Structured Psychiatric Interviews for Children*

There are few reports in the literature on the agreement between structured interviews and behaviour checklists in terms of specific diagnostic categories. The objective of this paper is to see how this agreement varies by source of information and diagnosis. One hundred children and their parents referred to a mental health clinic were given the Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents (DICA). Parents and teachers also completed a …