Searchable Title
ASD Structured Interview (appears in: Discriminant and Concurrent Validity of a Simplified DSM-Based Structured Diagnostic Instrument for the Assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Youth and Young Adults). Copyright: Creative Commons License.
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title, Section
ASD Structured Interview (appears in: Discriminant and Concurrent Validity of a Simplified DSM-Based Structured Diagnostic Instrument for the Assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Youth and Young Adults). Copyright: Creative Commons License.
Publication Year
2011
Journal Title
BMC Psychiatry
Volume
11
Issue
Dec. 30
Pages
204
Availability
online
Links
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/11/204
PMID
PMID: 22208391
DOI
10.1186/1471-244X-11-204
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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.
