The NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version 2.3 (DISC- 2.3): Description, acceptability, prevalence rates, and performance in the MECA study

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 865-877

  Shaffer, David ^a,b   Fisher, Prudence ^a,b   Dulcan, Mina K ^c   Davies, Mark ^a,b   Piacentini, John ^a,b   Schwab Stone, Mary E ^d   Lahey, Benjamin B ^e   Bourdon, Karen ^f   Jensen, Peter S ^f   Bird, Hector R ^a,b   Canino, Glorisa ^g   Regier, Darrel A ^f  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

child psychiatric disorders; diagnostic interview; Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children; epidemiology; measurement; prevalence of psychiatric disorders; scales

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DYSTHYMIA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; ONSET AGE; PHOBIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 8944243074     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199607000-00012     Document Type: Article

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