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Validation of a Brief Structured Interview: The Children’s Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes (ChIPS)

Authors: Matthew E. Young, Ziv E. Bell, Mary A. Fristad

Published in: Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings | Issue 4/2016

Abstract

Evidence-based assessment is important in the treatment of childhood psychopathology. While researchers and clinicians frequently use structured diagnostic interviews to ensure reliability, the most commonly used instrument, the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Aged Children (K-SADS) is too long for most clinical applications. The Children’s Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes (ChIPS/P-ChIPS) is a highly-structured brief diagnostic interview. The present study compared K-SADS and ChIPS/P-ChIPS diagnoses in an outpatient clinical sample of 50 parent–child pairs aged 7–14. Agreement between most diagnoses was moderate to high between the instruments and with consensus clinical diagnoses. ChIPS was significantly briefer to administer than the K-SADS. Interviewer experience level and participant demographics did not appear to affect agreement. Results provide further evidence for the validity of the ChIPS and support its use in clinical and research settings.

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Title: Validation of a Brief Structured Interview: The Children’s Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes (ChIPS)
Authors: Matthew E. Young
Ziv E. Bell
Mary A. Fristad
Publication date: 01-12-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings / Issue 4/2016
Print ISSN: 1068-9583
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3572
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-016-9474-7

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