A new pictorial instrument for child and adolescent psychiatry: a pilot study.
A pictorial instrument was developed to assess psychopathology in children aged 6 to 16 years. Symptom pictures (n = 137) representing DSM-III-R criteria were organized into seven diagnostic subscales. Clarity of the pictures was assessed in 31 normal children. Fifty-one psychiatric inpatient children completed the instrument using a 6-point visual analogue scale. Sensitivity to change was assessed in 15 children. The subscales' internal consistencies (Cronbach's alpha) ranged from 0.54 to 0.86. A canonical discriminant analysis among four diagnostic groups achieved a Wilks' lambda of 0.67 (p = 0.02). This instrument may be a valuable adjunct to psychiatric interviews in children.
Ernst
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Department of Psychiatry, New York University Medical Center, NY.
Godfrey
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Silva
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Pouget
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Welkowitz
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D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D002665:Child Psychiatry; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014796:Visual Perception