Clinical Pathways Resource Guide - CEIC
Clinical Pathways Resource Guide - CEIC
Clinical Pathways Resource Guide - CEIC
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Referral Decision Scale (RDS)<br />
Purpose: The RDS is a screening tool designed to identify those persons who have a<br />
high probability of major mental disorder so that a fuller assessment assessment<br />
may occur. It<br />
was developed for use in the criminal justice system.<br />
<strong>Clinical</strong> utility: Used to predict DIS lifetime diagnoses of schizophrenia, bipolar bipolar<br />
disorder and major depressive disorder. The questions included in in<br />
the RDS were<br />
distilled from the Diagnostic Interview Schedule.<br />
Groups with whom this instrument has been used: Adults in the criminal justice<br />
system.<br />
Norms: Yes.<br />
Format: 14 questions, self-administered.<br />
self administered.<br />
Administration time: 5 minutes.<br />
Scoring time: Summing of yes responses; 1 minute.<br />
Computer scoring? No.<br />
Administrator training and qualifications: Interviewers must be trained on DIS<br />
flowchart.<br />
Fee for use: None, public domain.<br />
Available from: Dr. Linda Teplin<br />
l_teplin@northwestern.edu<br />
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