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The Child Symptom Inventory-4 (CSI-4) is a behavior rating scale that screens for a variety of childhood emotional and behavioral disorders and is based on the criteria specified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV (American Psychiatric Association;1994). The CSI-4 is appropriate for use with male and female children aged 5-12 years old in Kindergarten through 6th grade.

CSI-4 scores show a high degree of correspondence with psychiatric diagnosis (criterion validity) and correlate well with other commonly used dimensional scales of psychopathology (convergent/divergent validity). As a result, the CSI-4 is useful as a screening instrument in mental health settings, schools, and healthcare facilities.

Two versions of the CSI-4 are available. The CSI-4 Parent Checklist contains 97 items and screens for 15 emotional and behavioral disorders and the CSI-4 Teacher Checklist contains 77 items and screens for 13 emotional and behavioral disorders. Each of these instruments is designed to be completed in less than 20 minutes.

What the CSI-4 Measures

The CSI-4 screens for the following disorders:

	AD/HD		Major Depressive Disorder
	Oppositional Defiant Disorder		Dysthymic Disorder
	Conduct Disorder		Schizophrenia
	Generalized Anxiety Disorder		Pervasive Developmental Disorder
	Social Phobia		Asperger's Disorder
	Separation Anxiety Disorder		Motor Tics
	Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder		Vocal Tics
	Specific Phobia

Both Symptom Count scores (diagnostic model) and Symptom Severity scores (normative data model) are generated. 

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