Definition
The diagnostic interview (DI) is a central component of the process (diagnostic process) in which, for a variety of reasons ranging from research to the development of an intervention plan, a decision is made as to whether there is sufficient evidence in an individual’s symptoms and signs for a diagnosis of one or more of the “disorder(s)” defined by the criteria of the internationally agreed diagnostic classification systems (DSM-5).
Historical Background
Following the initial descriptions of autism and Asperger syndrome in the 1940s, agreed criteria emerged slowly and a number of checklists were developed which matched a list of symptomatology against the criteria evolving at the time in ICD 9 (1975) and DSM-II (1980) (DSM-III) focusing on accounts of observable behavior, particularly in childhood, notably the E-2 (Rimland diagnostic form for behavior disturbed children (E-2)) and the Autism Behavior Checklist (ABC).
In the 1960s, in both America and the UK, the search for...
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Le-Couteur, A.S., Berney, T.P. (2016). Diagnostic Interviews. In: Volkmar, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_874-5
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