Clinical Interview Schedule - Revised.
CIS-R
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
- Provisionally grouped under
- 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)
- 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.
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