The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI). A short diagnostic structured interview: reliability and validity according to the CIDI

摘要: Summary The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) is a short diagnostic structured interview (DSI) developed in France and the United States to explore 17 disorders according Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM)-III-R criteria. It fully allow administration by non-specialized interviewers. In order keep it focuses on existence of current disorders. For each disorder, one or two screening questions rule out diagnosis when answered negatively. Probes for severity, disability medically explained symptoms are not explored symptom-by-symptom. Two joint papers present inter-rater test-retest reliability validity versus Composite (CIDI) (this paper) Structured Clinical DSM-IH-R patients (SCID) (joint paper). Three-hundred forty-six (296 psychiatric 50 non-psychiatric) were administered MINI CIDI ‘gold standard'. Forty interviewed investigators 42 subsequently within days. Interviewers trained use both instruments. mean duration was 21 min with 92 corresponding sections CIDI. Kappa coefficient, sensitivity specificity good very all diagnoses exception generalized anxietydisorder (GAD) (kappa = 0.36), agoraphobia (sensitivity 0.59) bulimia 0.53). Inter-rater good. main reasons discrepancies identified. provided reliable DSM-HI-R time frame, study permitted improvements formulations GAD DSM-IV version MINI.