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Inherent in the structured diagnostic interviewing of children is the problem of how to resolve differences between the child's own report and that of the parent about the child. A related problem concerns the use of outside source of information about the child, such as information from the teacher. In this study, the authors review the decision-making process used in the assignment of summary psychiatric diagnoses based on the child and parent reports, as well as a number of other sources of information about the child. Provisional rules for making summary diagnoses of children are presented.
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This research was supported by NIAAA Center Grant Number AA-03539, and The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Network III on Risk and Protective Factors in the Major Mental Disorders.
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Reich, W., Earls, F. Rules for making psychiatric diagnoses in children on the basis of multiple sources of information: Preliminary strategies. J Abnorm Child Psychol 15, 601–616 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00917244
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