PRM139 - Lost in Translation: Translatability of Psychiatric Terms – The Example of the Mini–International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I.)

Abstract

For more information, please contact: Anne Boudrot, aboudrot@mapigroup.com www.mapigroup.com  We reviewed the records of all linguistic validation projects involving the M.I.N.I. led by the linguistic validation department of Mapi.  The Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I.) is a short, structured diagnostic interview, developed jointly by psychiatrists and clinicians in the United States and Europe, for DSM-IV and ICD-10 psychiatric disorders. The M.I.N.I. is divided into modules identified by letters corresponding to diagnostic categories (e.g., A. Major Depressive episodes, B. Suicidality, C. Manic Episodes, etc.) with cliniciandirected (instructions and algorithms) and patient-directed parts. With an administration time of approximately 15 minutes, it was designed to meet the need for a short but accurate structured psychiatric interview for multicenter clinical trials and epidemiology studies and to be used as a first step in outcome tracking in non-research clinical settings.