Abstract
The first objective of this study was to assess the attitudes of emotionally disturbed adolescents (N = 65) toward a computerized version of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS; Robins, Helzer, Croughan, & Tarcliff, 1981) and to compare these attitudes to those of adult psychiatric inpatients (N = 135). The second objective was to determine whether mental health information collected by thismethod of assessment would correspond to data collected by a self-administered questionnaire designed to measure various aspects of psychological distress [Revised Symptom Checklist-90 SCL-90-R; Derogatis, 1977)]. The results indicate that like adult psychiatric inpatients, emotionally disturbed adolescents respond well to computerized diagnostic assessment. A comparison between the DIS and the SCL-90-R indicates a high level of agreement between these two instruments on depressive, panic, phobic, and overall psychiatric symptomatology.
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