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The Attitude of Parents to the use of Computer-Assisted Interviewing in a Child Psychiatry Service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Michael Sawyer ,
Aspasia Sarris ,
Raymond Quigley ,
Peter Baghurst  and
Ross Kalucy
Michael Sawyer*
Affiliation:
Evaluation Unit, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Adelaide Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia 5006
Aspasia Sarris
Affiliation:
Evaluation Unit, Adelaide Children's Hospital
Raymond Quigley
Affiliation:
Evaluation Unit, Adelaide Children's Hospital
Peter Baghurst
Affiliation:
Division of Human Nutrition, CSIRO, Adelaide, South Australia 5006
Ross Kalucy
Affiliation:
Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia 5042
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Before undergoing interview, parents reported that a computer-assisted interview would lack the friendly and personal approach of one conducted by a clinician but, after completing the interview, parents showed more acceptance of the procedure. Computer-assisted interviewing has the potential to play an important role in the collection of clinically relevant information from both parents and children referred to child psychiatry services.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 157 , Issue 5 , November 1990 , pp. 675 - 678
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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