@article{6ff42bf09e9c4967a21949e4987b483b,
title = "Discriminant and concurrent validity of a simplified DSM-based structured diagnostic instrument for the assessment of autism spectrum disorders in youth and young adults",
abstract = "Background: To evaluate the concurrent and discriminant validity of a brief DSM-based structured diagnostic interview for referred individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs).Methods: To test concurrent validity, we assessed the structured interview's agreement in 123 youth with the expert clinician assessment and the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS). Discriminant validity was examined using 1563 clinic-referred youth.Results: The structured diagnostic interview and SRS were highly sensitive indicators of the expert clinician assessment. Equally strong was the agreement between the structured interview and SRS. We found evidence for high specificity for the structured interview.Conclusions: A simplified DSM-based ASD structured diagnostic interview could serve as a useful diagnostic aid in the assessment of subjects with ASDs in clinical and research settings.",
author = "Gagan Joshi and Petty, {Carter R.} and Ronna Fried and Janet Wozniak and Micco, {Jamie A.} and Aude Henin and Robert Doyle and Maribel Galdo and Meghan Kotarski and Janet Caruso and Benjamin Meller and Faraone, {Stephen V.} and Joseph Biederman",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported in part by a grant to the Alan and Lorraine Bressler Center for study of Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Norma Fine Pediatric Psychopharmacology Fellowship Fund. Funding Information: ship Award 2005-6; Pilot Research Award from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2005; National Institute of Mental Health (Reviewer and member of the NIMH Editorial Board); McNeil Pediatrics (CME sponsored by SynerMed Communications); Bristol Myers Squibb (Site PI for Multi-centered Trial); Glaxo Smith Kline (Site PI for Multi-centered Trial); Shire (Member of national advisory board) Ronna Fried Disclosures: Dr. Fried has received hon- oraria from Shire. Janet Wozniak Disclosures: Dr. Wozniak is the Author of “Is Your Child Bipolar” published May 2008, Bantam Books. Dr. Wozniak is a speaker for McNeil, Primedia/ MGH Psychiatry Academy, and is on the Speakers Bureau for Lilly. Dr. Wozniak is on the Advisory Board/ Consulting for Pfizer and Shire. Dr. Wozniak receives research support for McNeil, Shire, and Lilly. Dr Woz-niak{\textquoteright}s spouse, John Winkelman, MD, PhD, is on the Speakers Bureau for Boehringer-Ingelheim, Cephalon, GlaxoSmithKline, King, Sanofi-Aventis, Sepracor, and Takeda, is on the Advisory Board/Consulting for Axon Labs, Boehringer-Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Novartis, Neurogen, Novadel Pharma, Pfizer, UCB (Schwarz) Pharma, Sanofi-Aventis, Sepracor, and Takeda, and receives research support from Boehringer-Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, UCB (Schwarz) Pharma, Pizer, and Sepracor.",
year = "2011",
month = dec,
day = "30",
doi = "10.1186/1471-244X-11-204",
language = "English",
volume = "11",
journal = "BMC Psychiatry",
issn = "1471-244X",
publisher = "BioMed Central Ltd.",
}