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Published in: BMC Psychiatry 1/2011

Open Access 01-12-2011 | Research article

Discriminant and concurrent validity of a simplified DSM-based structured diagnostic instrument for the assessment of autism spectrum disorders in youth and young adults

Authors: Gagan Joshi, Carter R Petty, Ronna Fried, Janet Wozniak, Jamie A Micco, Aude Henin, Robert Doyle, Maribel Galdo, Meghan Kotarski, Janet Caruso, Benjamin Meller, Stephen V Faraone, Joseph Biederman

Published in: BMC Psychiatry | Issue 1/2011

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Abstract

Background

To evaluate the concurrent and discriminant validity of a brief DSM-based structured diagnostic interview for referred individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs).

Methods

To test concurrent validity, we assessed the structured interview's agreement in 123 youth with the expert clinician assessment and the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS). Discriminant validity was examined using 1563 clinic-referred youth.

Results

The structured diagnostic interview and SRS were highly sensitive indicators of the expert clinician assessment. Equally strong was the agreement between the structured interview and SRS. We found evidence for high specificity for the structured interview.

Conclusions

A simplified DSM-based ASD structured diagnostic interview could serve as a useful diagnostic aid in the assessment of subjects with ASDs in clinical and research settings.
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Metadata
Title
Discriminant and concurrent validity of a simplified DSM-based structured diagnostic instrument for the assessment of autism spectrum disorders in youth and young adults
Authors
Gagan Joshi
Carter R Petty
Ronna Fried
Janet Wozniak
Jamie A Micco
Aude Henin
Robert Doyle
Maribel Galdo
Meghan Kotarski
Janet Caruso
Benjamin Meller
Stephen V Faraone
Joseph Biederman
Publication date
01-12-2011
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Psychiatry / Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1471-244X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-11-204

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