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Childhood depression: Diagnostic considerations
Author(s) -
Clarizio Harvey F.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(198404)21:2<181::aid-pits2310210210>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - psychology , depression (economics) , inter rater reliability , clinical psychology , test validity , rating scale , nomination , interview , consistency (knowledge bases) , childhood depression , internal consistency , psychiatry , psychometrics , developmental psychology , anxiety , geometry , mathematics , political science , law , economics , macroeconomics
The basic purposes of this review are to: (a) examine existing definitions of childhood depression and their implications for diagnosis; (b) evaluate certain of the better known self‐report inventories, parent rating scales, psychiatric interviewing schedules, and peer nomination techniques; and (c) address diagnostic issues associated with reliability, validity, consistency across raters, settings, and time, and requirements for symptom duration.