Diagnostic Interview Schedule.

DIS

What it measures

Fully structured, lay-administrable diagnostic assessment of DSM Axis I disorders (mood, anxiety, substance use, psychotic, somatoform, eating disorders, antisocial personality)

Length and format

Several hundred stem and probe questions across ~20 diagnostic modules; administered count varies with branching (approx). fully structured closed-ended interview questions with a computerised diagnostic algorithm (clinician-rated/interview)

Language versions

20+ langs (ES, ZH, KO, JA, FR, DE, PT 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

Robins, L.N., Helzer, J.E., Croughan, J., & Ratcliff, K.S. (1981). National Institute of Mental Health Diagnostic Interview Schedule: its history, characteristics, and validity. Archives of General Psychiatry, 38(4), 381-389.