Composite International Diagnostic Interview.
CIDI
- What it measures
- Fully structured, lay-administrable diagnostic interview for ICD and DSM mental disorders; broadband epidemiological diagnosis.
- Length and format
- Modular (large; varies by version and disorders assessed). fully structured interview (lay or clinician administered) (clinician-rated/interview)
- Language versions
- 30+ languages worldwide (WHO World Mental Health survey program)
- Normative data
- No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Kessler, R. C., & Ustun, T. B. (2004). The World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative version of the WHO Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 13(2), 93-121.
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