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Haro, J.M., Arbabzadeh-Bouchez, S., Brugha, T.S., de Girolamo, G., Guyer, M.E., Jin, R., Lepine, J-P., Mazzi, F., Reneses, B., Vilagut, G., Sampson, N.A., Kessler, R.C. (2006). Concordance of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview Version 3.0 (CIDI 3.0) with standardized clinical assessments in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 15(4); 167-180.

Kessler, R.C., & Ustun, T.B. (2004). The World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative Version of the World Health Organization (WHO) Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). The International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research. Full Text

Kessler, R.C., Abelson, J., Demler, O., Escobar, J.I., Gibbon, M., Guyer, M.E., Howes, M.J., Jin, R., Vega, W.A., Walters, E.E., Wang, P., Zaslavsky, A., Zheng, H. (2004). Clinical Calibration of DSM-IV Diagnoses in the World Mental Health (WMH) Version of the World Health Organization (WHO) Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). The International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research. Full text

Historical articles chronicling the creation of the WHO CIDI:

Wittchen, H.-U., Kessler, R.C., Zhao, S., & Abelson, J. (1995). Reliability and clinical validity of UM-CIDI DSM-III-R generalized anxiety disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 29(2), 95-110. PubMed Abstract

Wittchen, H.-U., Zhao, S., Abelson, J.M., Abelson, J.L., & Kessler, R.C. (1996). Reliability and procedural validity of UM-CIDI DSM-III-R phobic disorders. Psychological Medicine, 26(6), 1169-1177. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Wittchen, H-U., Abelson, J.M., McGonagle, K.A., Schwarz, N., Kendler, K.S., Knauper, B., & Zhao, S. (1998). Methodological studies of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) in the US National Comorbidity Survey. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 7(1), 33-55.

Kessler, R.C., Andrews, G., Mroczek, D., Ustun, T.B., & Wittchen, H-U. (1998). The World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview Short Form (CIDI-SF). International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research., 7(4), 171-185.

Wittchen, H.-U., Hofler, M., Gander , F., Pfister, H., Storz, S., Ustun, T.B., Muller, N., & Kessler, R.C. (1999). Screening for mental disorders: Performance of the Composite International Diagnostic-Screener (CID-S). International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 8(2), 59-70.

Wittchen, H.-U., Kessler, R.C., & Ustun, T.B. (2001). Properties of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) for measuring mental health outcome. In G. Thornicroft, & M. Tansella (Eds.), Mental Health Outcome Measures, Second Edition (pp. 212-227). London : Gaskell.