The CBCL and the identification of children with autism and related conditions in Brazil: pilot findings.
The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)/4-18 is one of the few standardized means available for assessing child mental health in Brazil. In this context, the identification of a specific pathology such as autism by the CBCL/4-18 is relevant. To examine the validity of the CBCL/4-18 for the identification of autism, the CBCL/4-18 was applied to 101 children: 36 with autism and related conditions, 31 with other psychiatric disorders, and 34 schoolchildren. Children ranged in age from 4 to 11 years. A CBCL factor called Autistic/Bizarre and the narrow-band Thought Problems scale differentiated autistic conditions from other psychiatric disorders and schoolchildren.


CONCLUSIONS
The CBCL/4-16 can identify autistic children in clinical and school settings in Brazil.
Duarte
Cristiane S
CS
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York 10032, USA. duartec@childpsych.columbia.edu
Bordin
Isabel A S
IA
de Oliveira
Albeni
A
Bird
Hector
H
D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000208:ethnology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires