WHO WMH-CIDI Resources & Publications

Landmark Articles

1. 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 (WMH-CIDI). International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 13(2):122-139. Pubmed AbstractFull Text

2. Kessler, R.C., Ustün, T.B. (2004). The World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative version of the World Health Organization (WHO) Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 13(2):93-121. Pubmed AbstractFull Text

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. Robins, L.N., Wing, J., Wittchen, H.U., Helzer, J.E., Babor, F.F., Burke, J., Farmer, A., Jablenski, A., Pickens, R., Regier, D.A., Sartorius, N., Towle, L.H. (1988). The Composite International Diagnostic Interview: An epidemiologic instrument suitable for use in conjunction with different diagnostic systems and in different cultures. Archives of General Psychiatry, 45(12):1069-1077. Pubmed Abstract

Validity Studies

7. Levis, B. et al (2019). Comparison of major depression diagnostic classification probability using the SCID, CIDI, and MINI diagnostic interviews among women in pregnancy or postpartum: An individual participant data meta-analysis. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, e1803. doi: 10.1002/mpr.1803 Pubmed Abstract

8. Green, J.G., Avenevoli, S., Gruber, M.J., Kessler, R.C., Lakoma, M.D., Merikangas, K.R., Sampson, N.A., Zaslavsky, A.M. (2012). Validation of diagnoses of distress disorders in the US National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A). International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 21(1):41-51. Pubmed Abstract

9. Green, J.G., Avenevoli, S., Finkleman, M., Gruber, M.J., Kessler, R.C., Merikangas, K.R., Sampson, N.A., Zaslavsky, A.M. (2011). Validation of the diagnoses of panic disorder and phobic disorders in the US National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A). International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 20(2):105-115. Pubmed Abstract

10. Green, J.G., Avenevoli, S., Finkelman, M., Gruber M.J., Kessler, R.C., Merikangas, K.R., Sampson, N.A., Zaslavsky, A.M. (2010). Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Concordance of the adolescent version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview version 3.0 (CIDI) with the K-SADS in the US National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent (NCS-A) supplement. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 19(1):34-49. Pubmed Abstract

11. Kessler, R.C., Avenevoli, S., Green, J., Gruber, M.J., Guyer, M., He, Y., Jin, R., Kaufman, J., Sampson, N.A., Zaslavsky, A.M., Merikangas, K.R. (2009). National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A): III. Concordance of DSM-IV/CIDI diagnoses with clinical reassessments. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 48(4):386-399. Pubmed Abstract

12. 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. Pubmed Abstract

13. 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

14. 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

15. Wittchen, H.-U. (1994). Reliability and validity studies of the WHO-Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI): A critical review. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 28(1):57-84. Pubmed Abstract

Adaptation Studies

16. Ghimire, D.J., Chardoul, S., Kessler, R.C., Axinn, W.G., Adhikari, B.P. (2013). Modifying and validating the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) for use in Nepal. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 22(1):71-81. Pubmed Abstract

17. Navarro-Mateu, F., Morán-Sánchez, I., Alonso, J., Tormo, M.J., Pujalte, M.L., Garriga, A., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Navarro, C. (2013). Cultural adaptation of the Latin American version of the World Health Organization Composite International Diagnosit Interview (WHO-CIDI) (v 3.0) for use in Spain. Gaceta Sanitaria, 27(4):325-331. Pubmed Abstract

Critiques

18. Rosenman, S. (2012). Cause for caution: Culture, sensitivity and the World Mental Health Survey Initiative. Australasian Psychiatry, 20(1):14-19. Pubmed Abstract

19. Weich, S., Araya, R. (2004). International and regional variation in the prevalence of common mental disorders: do we need more surveys? British Journal of Psychiatry, 184:289-290. Pubmed Link

20. Brugha, T.S., Jenkins, R., Taub, N., Meltzer, H., Bebbignton, P.E. (2001). A general population comparison of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) and the Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN). Psychological Medicine, 31(6):1001-1013. Pubmed Abstract

21. Brugha, T.S., Bebbington, P.E., Jenkins, R. (1999). A difference that matters: comparisons of structured and semi-structured psychiatric diagnostic interviews in the general population. Psychological Medicine, 29(5):1013-1020. Pubmed Link

22. Wittchen, H.-U., Ustün, T.B., Kessler, R.C. (1999). Diagnosing mental disorders in the community. A difference that matters? Psychological Medicine, 29(5):1021-1027. Pubmed Link

Editorials

23. Kessler, R.C., Haro, J.M., Heeringa, S.G., Pennell, B.E., Ustün, T.B. (2006). The World Mental Health Organization World Mental Health Survey Initiative. Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale, 15(3):161-166. Pubmed Abstract

24. Kessler, R.C. (1999). The World Health Organization International Consortium in Psychiatric Epidemiology (ICPE): Initial work and future directions – the NAPE Lecture 1998. Nordic Association for Psychiatric Epidemiology. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 99(1):2-9. Pubmed Abstract