KSADS-COMP Perspectives on Child Psychiatric Diagnostic Assessment and Treatment Planning

Joan Kaufman; Ken Kobak; Boris Birmaher; Nina de Lacy

doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2020.08.470

KSADS-COMP Perspectives on Child Psychiatric Diagnostic Assessment and Treatment Planning

J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2021 May;60(5):540-542. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2020.08.470. Epub 2020 Dec 29.

Authors

Joan Kaufman¹, Ken Kobak², Boris Birmaher³, Nina de Lacy⁴

Affiliations

¹ Center for Child and Family Traumatic Stress, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore; Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: joan.kaufman@kennedykrieger.org.
² Center for Telepsychology, Madison, Wisconsin.
³ University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh; Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
⁴ University of Washington, Seattle.

PMID: 33385508
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2020.08.470

Abstract

Gibbons et al.¹ demonstrated the utility of computerized adaptive tests (CATs) based on multidimensional item response theory for the assessment of depression, anxiety, mania/hypomania, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and suicidality in children and adolescents. The Kiddie-Computerized Adaptive Test (K-CAT) demonstrated good convergent validity, test-retest reliability, and diagnostic concordance with diagnoses derived using the paper-and-pencil Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children (K-SADS) child psychiatric interview.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Comment

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Anxiety Disorders / diagnosis
Anxiety Disorders / therapy
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity* / diagnosis
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity* / therapy
Child
Humans
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychopathology*
Reproducibility of Results

Grants and funding

R44 MH094092/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States