Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents

Reich, W. (2000) Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents (DICA). J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 39 59-66. 

Weiner, Z., Reich, W., Herjanic, B., Jung, K.G., and Amado, H. (1987) Reliability, validity, and parent child agreement studies of the Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents (DICA)./ Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 26 649-653. 

There are other diagnostic interviews available as well. For example, there is the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS Robins, Helzer, Croughan, Ratcliff, 1981) for adults, which many professionals use and there is the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC Shaffer, Fisher, Lucas, Dulcan, Schwab-Stone, 2000) for youth and adolescents. These interview schedules are similar to the SCID and each is now in its fourth edition. Computerized versions for administration and scoring have been developed, but these, like the SCID software, can be pricey for small and solo practices. There are other diagnostic interviews not mentioned here that may work for you as well. 

Shaffer, D., Fisher, P, Lucas, C. P, Dulcan, M. K., Schwab-Stone, M. E. (2000). NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version IV (NIMH DISC-IV) Description, differences from previous versions, and reliability of some common diagnoses, journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39, 28-38. 

A unique feature of the mental health program at is 218 is the use of a computerized assessment tool, called the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (disc). Initially employed to screen all students at the school for serious mental health problems, disc is now used more selectively, once a student is referred to the mental health prc am. Throughout the mental health program at is 218, but especially in this initial assessment component, cas benefits greatly from a longterm collaborative relationship with Columbia University s Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Quinn, 1999). 

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