This article summarizes evidence and issues associated with psychological assessment.
Data from more than 125 meta-analyses on test validity and 800 samples examining …

Great advances have been made during the last 20 years in the development of structured
and semi-structured interviews for use with psychiatric patients. However, in the field of child …

OBJECTIVES: To update clinical practice guidelines to assist primary care (PC) clinicians in
the management of adolescent depression. This part of the updated guidelines is used to …

OBJECTIVE: To describe the National Institute of Mental Health Diagnostic Interview
Schedule for Children Version IV (NIMH DISC-IV) and how it differs from earlier versions of …

Background Given the growth of juvenile detainee populations, epidemiologic data on their
psychiatric disorders are increasingly important. Yet, there are few empirical studies. Until …

To examine Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham—IV (SNAP-IV) psychometric properties, parent
(N= 1,613) and teacher (N= 1,205) data were collected from a random elementary school …

OBJECTIVE: To describe the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC)
Version 2.3 and to provide data on its performance characteristics in the Methods for the …

The fourth edition of this textbook offers a scientific and practical context within which to
understand and conduct clinical assessments of children's and adolescent's personality and …

Objective To estimate 6-month prevalence of comorbid psychiatric disorders among juvenile
detainees by demographic subgroups (sex, race/ethnicity, and age). Design Epidemiologic …

Examined hypothesized gender and comorbidity differences in the observed classroom
behavior of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The behavior of 403 …