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Face-to-Face Versus Telephone Administration of the Parent’s Version of the Children’s Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes (P-ChIPS)

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The aim of this study was to examine the acceptability and reliability of telephone administration of the parent’s version of the Children’s Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes (P-ChIPS), a diagnostic interview examining 21 separate psychiatric syndromes, compared with face-to-face administration. Parents of 12 participants—seven boys and five girls—completed this preliminary study. The mean age of the children was 12.2 years (SD, 3.9 years). In comparing telephone and face-to-face administrations of the P-ChIPS, the percent agreement for each diagnosis was 75% to 100%, with an average percent agreement of 93.8% across all disorders assessed. Results of the face-to-face and telephone administration of the P-ChIPS were comparable, but this needs to be confirmed using a larger sample.

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Drs. Ronald and Elizabeth Weller are co-owners of the ChIPS/P-ChIPS and have received annual royalties from copyright ownership of this diagnostic interview. Dr. Elizabeth Weller was the principal investigator for a grant from GlaxoSmithKline to investigate the tolerability and efficacy of lamotrigine in children and adolescents diagnosed with bipolar disorder. No other potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article were reported.

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  1. Growth Opportunity Center, 2910 Franks Road, Huntingdon Valley, PA, 19006, USA

    Wynn W. Paing

  2. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 3600 Market Street, 7th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Ronald A. Weller

  3. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 3440 Market Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Thomas A. Dixon

  4. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Elizabeth B. Weller

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Paing, W.W., Weller, R.A., Dixon, T.A. et al. Face-to-Face Versus Telephone Administration of the Parent’s Version of the Children’s Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes (P-ChIPS). Curr Psychiatry Rep 12, 122–126 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-010-0101-2

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