Diagnostic efficiency of the CBCL thought problems and DSM-oriented psychotic symptoms scales for pediatric psychotic symptoms.

ABSTRACT: We compared the diagnostic efficiency of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) Thought Problems subscale and the rationally derived DSM-oriented psychotic symptoms scale (DOPSS) to identify clinically concerning psychosis in a multi-site sample of youths seeking outpatient mental health services (N = 694). We operationally defined clinically concerning psychosis as the presence of clinically significant hallucinations or delusions, assessed by the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia psychosis items. Both the Thought Problems and DOPSS scores showed significant areas under the curve (AUCs = 0.65 and 0.70, respectively), but the briefer DOPSS showed statistically significantly better diagnostic efficiency for any clinically concerning psychosis, but the difference was small enou

SUBMITTER: Salcedo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6148419 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature