Psychiatric Interviews with Children

Reliability of sexual risk behavior interviews with psychiatric patients.

Test-retest interviews examining recent sexual activity were administered to 27 severely ill psychiatric patients after stabilization. Three reports were judged to be questionable. For the 16 sexually active patients among the remaining 24, high test-retest reliability was found for number of sexual partners, frequency of episodes, and proportions of episodes involving vaginal intercourse and u...

Managing children with psychiatric problems.

Direct Measurement of Communication during Psychiatric Admission Interviews.

Computerized psychiatric interviews: can they help to improve medical care?

Studies on psychiatric disorders in Brazil have shown high prevalence rates, both in the community and in primary care centers. However, psychiatric assessments carried out by interviewers have some inherent problems which influence inter-observer reliability. There is great potential for the use of computerized interviews. This article discusses some advantages of this kind of assessment, and ...

Children with psychiatric disorders: the A1 Ain Community Psychiatric Survey.

OBJECTIVE The prevalence of child psychiatric morbidity in the community is unknown in most developing countries, including those in the Arab region. METHOD An epidemiologic study was carried out to estimate the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity and to determine the sociodemographic correlates in a sample of children in the community, aged 6 to 18 years, in A1 Ain, United Arab Emirates (UAE...