title: The ability of YSR scales to predict DSM/DISC-C psychiatric disorders among incarcerated male adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate whether the empirical or DSM-oriented scales of the Youth Self-Report (YSR) can be used to screen for DSM psychiatric disorders among incarcerated boys. DSM-oriented scales have recently been developed by Achenbach to enhance comparability of YSR results with DSM diagnostic categories.
  
  
  METHODS
  A representative sample (N = 196) of incarcerated boys aged 12-18 was assessed with the child version of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC-C) to diagnose DSM psychiatric disorders, and with the Youth Self-Report (YSR).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Only 22% had YSR total problem scores in the clinical range, whereas 90 % met criteria of at least one DSM/DISC-C psychiatric disorder. Weak associations between both empirical and DSM-oriented YSR scale scores and DSM/DISC-C diagnoses were found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Neither the empirical nor the DSM-oriented YSR scales adequately screen for DSM/DISC-C psychiatric disorders among incarcerated boys. The use of the YSR and the DISC-C to assess DSM constructs results in, at least partially, different diagnostic information.
authors.affiliation: Valeriusstraat 248b, 1075 GL, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. postbus@vreugd.demon.nl
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vreugdenhil
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: van den Brink
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ferdinand
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wouters
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Doreleijers
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires