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Measures
A
major goal of our research has included the development,
validation, production, and dissemination of qualitative
assessment measures to
further the advancement of mental health research. A suite
of interviews have been developed that employ a consistent
approach to the assessment
of psychopathology in childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood.
The first of these interviews to be developed (beginning
in 1986) was the
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Assessment (CAPA) which
collects information from children and adolescents aged 9-18
and their parents. The first
edition of the CAPA was developed at the Institute of Psychiatry
in London. It has been updated and modified repeatedly since
1986 by the Developmental
Epidemiology Program at Duke. A version of the CAPA for use
in twin studies (which includes lifetime assessments for
some disorders) was produced
by the Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavior and Development
in 1992. The first edition of the Young Adult Psychiatric
Assessment (YAPA)
was produced by the Developmental Epidemiology program at
Duke in 1998. Work on the first edition of the Preschool
Age Psychiatric Assessment
(PAPA) was begun in the fall of 1998, and the first edition
was finalized during the summer of 1999.
In addition to these assessments
of psychopathology, the Developmental Epidemiology Program has also produced
companion measures to assess service use in children, adolescents and young adults
(the Child and Adolescent Services Assessment -
CASA), and the impact of children’s psychiatric problems on parental and family
life
(the Child and Adolescent Impact Assessment - CAIA).
Our
group has also developed electronic versions of these measures. These "eMeasures"
are web-based rather than being a locally-installed program. More information
about
these can be found in the documents, eMeasures
description, Frequently
asked eMeasures
questions and eMeasures
administration and toubleshooting.
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