The Diagnostic Interview for Social and Communication Disorders: Background, inter-rater reliability and clinical use

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 307-325

  Wing, Lorna ^a   Leekam, Susan R ^b   Libby, Sarah J ^c   Gould, Judith ^a   Larcombe, Michael ^d  

^a Ctr for Social Commun Disorders Elliot House   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum; Diagnosis; Diagnostic interview; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SKILL; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; EVALUATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 0042199134     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-7610.00023     Document Type: Article

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