Reliability and validity of Japanese version of the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview

• Published in: Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences Vol. 59; no. 5; pp. 517 - 526
• Main Authors: OTSUBO, TEMPEI, TANAKA, KATSUTOSHI, KODA, RUMIKO, SHINODA, JUNKO, SANO, NANA, TANAKA, SATOSHI, AOYAMA, HIROSHI, MIMURA, MASARU, KAMIJIMA, KUNITOSHI
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Science Pty 01.10.2005; Blackwell Publishing
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Diagnosis; Female; Humans; Interview, Psychological - standards; Japan; Language; Male; Medical sciences; Mental Disorders - diagnosis; Mental Disorders - psychology; Middle Aged; Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview; Neuropsychiatry; Personality disorders; psychiatric diagnosis; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Psychiatry - education; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; reliability; Reproducibility of Results; Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R; Structured clinical interviews; structured diagnostic interview; Techniques and methods; validity; Japan; Human; Foreign language version; structured diagnostic interview; reliability; Psychometrics; psychiatric diagnosis; Test reliability; Japanese; Test validation; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual III; Clinical interview; Mental disorder; Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R; Diagnosis; validity; Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview

The Mini‐International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) is a short, structured diagnostic interview used as a tool to diagnose 16 axis I (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) DSM‐IV disorders and one personality disorder. Its original version was developed by Sheehan and Lecrubier. We translated the...