Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-age Children (KIDDIE-SADS)

Full name of scale

Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-age Children

Languages

English

Rater

Clinician-rated

Training

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Utility

It is used to diagnose childhood mental disorders

It is intended for children aged from 6 to 18 years old

All versions are semi-structured integrated parent-child interviews with data from parents and children recorded on a common answer sheet by a single interviewer.

Versions

• K-SADS-PL; The Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime version
• K-SADS-E; The Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Epidemiologic version
• K-SADS-L; The Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Lifetime version
• K-SADS-IVR; The Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-fourth version, revised

Time to complete

The K‐SADS‐PL is the most used version in practice, taking 45 to 75 minutes to administer.

• When administered to normal controls, the parent and child interviews each take approximately 35 to 45 minutes.
• When it is s administered to psychiatric patients, depending on the range and severity of psychopathology, parent and child interviews each take approximately 1.25 hours.

Cost/license

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