The World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative version of the World Health Organization (WHO) Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI)

This paper presents an overview of the World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative version of the World Health Organization (WHO) Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) and a discussion of the methodological research on which the development of the instrument was based. The WMH-CIDI includes a screening module and 40 sections that focus on diagnoses (22 sections), functioning (four sections), treatment (two sections), risk factors (four sections), socio-demographic correlates (seven sections), and methodological factors (two sections). Innovations compared to earlier versions of the CIDI include expansion of the diagnostic sections, a focus on 12-month as well as lifetime disorders in the same…

• RW
  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

  Awards: 044708, Grant 044708
• EL
  Eli Lilly and Company
• P
  Pfizer
• G
  GlaxoSmithKline
• HU
  Harvard University
• MS
  Michigan State University
• JH
  Johns Hopkins University
• SA
  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• CO
  College of Engineering, Michigan State University
• NI
  National Institute of Mental Health

  Awards: U01-MH60220, MH60220
• NI
  National Institute on Drug Abuse