The NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version 2.3 (DISC-2.3): Description, Acceptability, Prevalence Rates, and Performance in the MECA Study
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryPublished 1 July 1996Open access
David Shaffer, Prudence W. Fisher, Mina K. Dulcan, MARK DAVIES, John Piacentini, Mary Schwab‐Stone
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The DISC-2 is a reliable and economical tool for assessing child psychopathology and the 2.3 version of the instrument provides a significant improvement over earlier versions.
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The DISC-2 is a reliable and economical tool for assessing child psychopathology. Reliability of the DISC-P-2.3 is superior to that of the child DISC for most diagnoses but is least good for anxiety disorders. The 2.3 version of the instrument provides a significant improvement over earlier versions.
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