Comparing mental health semi-structured diagnostic interviews and symptom checklists to predict poor life outcomes: an 8-year cohort study from childhood to young adulthood in Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Semi-structured diagnostic interviews and symptom checklists present similar internal reliability. We aim to investigate whether they differ in predicting poor life outcomes in the transition from childhood to young adulthood.

Methods

For this longitudinal study, we used data from the Brazilian High Risk Cohort Study for Childhood Mental Health Conditions. Eligible participants were aged 6-14 years on the day of study enrolment (January to February, 2010) and were enrolled in public schools by a biological parent in Porto Alegre and São Paulo, Brazil. 2511 young people and their caregivers were assessed at baseline in 2010-11, and 1917 were assessed 8 years later (2018-19; 76·3% retention). Clinical thresholds were derived using semi-structured parent-report inter

SUBMITTER: Hoffmann MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10716620 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature