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J Epidemiol Community Health 2009;63:i4-i14 doi:10.1136/jech.2007.070789
  • Supplement

Approaches to psychiatric assessment in epidemiological studies of children

  1. J McClellan1,
  2. M A Bresnahan2,
  3. D Echeverria3,
  4. S S Knox4,
  5. E Susser2
  1. 1
    University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
  2. 2
    Columbia University, New York, USA
  3. 3
    Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, USA
  4. 4
    University of West Virginia, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
  1. Dr J McClellan, University of Washington, Box 356560, Seattle, WA 98125, USA; drjack{at}u.washington.edu
  • Accepted 12 September 2008

Abstract

An assessment protocol for the longitudinal measurement of developmental psychopathology in a population-based study of children and adolescents is proposed. The protocol is designed for use in a large cohort of up to 100 000 individuals followed from early gestation to 21 years of age. Although the protocol was constrained by specified methodological parameters, the recommendations may apply to other psychiatric epidemiological research designs. The issues and challenges inherent with psychiatric assessments in longitudinal epidemiological studies of children and adolescents are discussed.

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