Test-Retest Reliability of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC 2.1): Parent, Child, and Combined Algorithms

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 61-71

  Jensen, Peter ^a   Roper, Margaret ^a   Fisher, Prudence ^b   Piacentini, John ^b   Canino, Glorisa ^c   Richters, John ^a   Rubio Stipec, Maritza ^c   Dulcan, Mina ^d   Goodman, Sherryl ^d   Davies, Mark ^b   Rae, Donald ^a   Shaffer, David ^b   Bird, Hector ^b   Lahey, Benjamin ^e   Schwab Stone, Mary ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028815536     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1995.03950130061007     Document Type: Article

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