Between a ROC and a hard place: Decision making and making decisions about using the SCQ

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 932-940

  Corsello, Christina ^a,f   Hus, Vanessa ^b   Pickles, Andrew ^c   Risi, Susan ^d   Cook Jr , Edwin H ^e   Leventhal, Bennett L ^e   Lord, Catherine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^f CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SERVICES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autistic disorder; Diagnosis; Screening; Social Communication Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW REVISED; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL COMMUNICATION QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; ROC CURVE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34547839553     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01762.x     Document Type: Article

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