Clinical Interview Schedule - Revised.

CIS-R

What it measures

Severity of common mental disorders in the past week across 14 symptom groups (somatic symptoms, fatigue, concentration, sleep, irritability, worry, depression, depressive ideas, anxiety, phobias, panic, compulsions, obsessions, health worry); yields a total score and ICD-10 diagnoses

Length and format

14 symptom sections, each with a mandatory filter question plus up to 5 severity items; total administered items vary with branching. structured interview questions scored 0-4 per section, summed to a 0-57 total (standard threshold 12 for clinically significant symptoms) (clinician-rated/interview)

Language versions

15+ langs and cultural adaptations (Sinhala, Malay, Chinese/Hong Kong, Brazilian Portuguese, Greek, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, French, Swahili among them; approx)

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

copyrighted - author permission

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Reference

Lewis, G., Pelosi, A.J., Araya, R., & Dunn, G. (1992). Measuring psychiatric disorder in the community: a standardized assessment for use by lay interviewers. Psychological Medicine, 22(2), 465-486.