A Brazilian version of the “Children’s Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes” (ChIPS) A versão brasileira do “Childreń s Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes” (ChIPS)

Objective: The advance of research in child and adolescent psychiatry in Brazil heavily depends on the existence of instruments for the investigation of psychiatric syndromes adapted to Brazilian Portuguese. Methods: This article describes a careful process of translation of the Children’s Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes for the purpose of use in research in Brazil. The Children’s Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes has a version for parents (P-ChIPs) and a version for children (ChIPS). In this article, the sections of P-ChIPS referring to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional-defiant disorder, conduct disorder, mania/hypomania, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and psychotic disorders were translated to Brazilian Portuguese. The sections of the ChIPS referring to substance use disorders, social anxiety disorder, specific phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disoder, separation anxiety disorder, post-traumatic disorders OS 8649 J Bras Psiq 58_2.indd 115 23/07/2009 16:37:03 J Bras Psiquiatr. 2009;58(2):115-118. 116 Souza IGS et al. artigo original