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).
Assessment instruments developed and utilized in our studies include:
A major goal of our research has included the development, validation, production,
and dissemination of qualitative assessment instruments 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.
