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. 1981 Apr;38(4):381-9.
doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1981.01780290015001.

National Institute of Mental Health Diagnostic Interview Schedule. Its history, characteristics, and validity

L N Robins, J E Helzer, J Croughan, K S Ratcliff

National Institute of Mental Health Diagnostic Interview Schedule. Its history, characteristics, and validity

L N Robins et al. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1981 Apr.

Abstract

A new interview schedule allows lay interviewers or clinicians to make psychiatric diagnoses according to DSM-III criteria, Feighner criteria, and Research Diagnostic Criteria. It is being used in a set of epidemiological studies sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health Center for Epidemiological Studies. Its accuracy has been evaluated in a test-retest design comparing independent administrations by psychiatrists and lay interviewers to 216 subjects (inpatients, outpatients, ex-patients, and nonpatients).

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