A fully executed license is required for use of the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) in any language. To license the MINI directly from Dr. Sheehan, the author and copyright holder, you will need complete his license agreement.  CLICK HERE to download a template license agreement for use.   Note that a license is needed for use of the MINI 5.0, MINI 6.0 and MINI 7.0.2.

Dr. Sheehan only provides consultation, guidance on regulatory agency questions, and training to those who license the MINI / MINI Kid or scales directly from him. Contact Dr. Sheehan at davidVsheehan@gmail.com for additional information. If you do not see a QR code on the MINI you are using linking back to this website then you did not get the MINI from the author and Copyright Holder.  Dr. David V. Sheehan is the Copyright Holder, Trademark Holder, and author of the MINI for DSM-5 in all languages.  This copyright for the MINI has been registered with the US Copyright Office.

CLICK HERE for more information about the MINI.

The cost of licensing the standard MINI or the MINI Kid is $15 USD for each use, i.e. each administration to a subject and/or each use in training. The cost of licensing other versions of the MINI or MINI Kid (e.g., the more extended Psychotic Disorders version, the version for Suicidality Disorders or for ADHD Disorders) is the same. An additional custom disorder module costs an additional $4 per administration per module in addition to the standard $15 for the standard MINI.

Note: Non-profit institutions sometimes incorrectly assume that the license fee does not apply because they are “not-for-profit”. The licensing fee applies to all uses.

How to calculate the total number of uses. Typically, the MINI is used to screen potential subjects for eligibility for a study. The total number of MINI uses will depend on the study’s eligibility (inclusion and exclusion) criteria, the available population, and the likelihood of subjects dropping out before the baseline visit is completed.

As a rule of thumb, you will need to screen 200-400 or more subjects to get a yield of 100 subjects. Our recommendation is that you take a minimum 2:1 ratio to calculate the number of uses for most conditions and a higher ratio for studies where you expect more subjects will be excluded or drop out before they are randomized.

Pricing Example:

  • 1 administration of the MINI to 100 subjects during the entire study = 100*$15
  • 2 administrations of the MINI to 100 subjects during the entire study = 100*2*$15
  • If the MINI is used as a screening tool to get a yield of 100 into the study, then you are likely to need to use the MINI at least 200 times (2:1 ratio) or 200*$15. If you plan to administer the MINI one more time during the study to the remaining 100, that is an additional 100*$15. For more information on the recommended 2:1 ratio please download the License agreement – click here.
  • Please also always account for any additional use for training uses of the MINI

The license and license fee applies to all uses.

Dr. Sheehan licenses the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview in paper format for distribution as follows: (1) in paper form for any uses, or (2) in fixed-pdf form, paper form, or both for use in clinical or academic research trials or studies.

You can use the MINI

  • To provide a shorter alternative to longer diagnostic interviews to assess, document and confirm the presence of DSM-5 psychiatric disorders for research, for clinical practice, or for detailed forensic examination.
  • To select subjects for a clinical trial. For example, the MINI can be used in a study of the effectiveness of a treatment for Generalized Anxiety Disorder to ensure that all the study subjects meet DSM-5 criteria for Generalized Anxiety Disorder) and that none meet criteria for a current Psychotic Disorder or a Substance Use Disorder).
  • To assess the incidence or prevalence of psychiatric disorders and suicidality in a population. The MINI has been used, for example, in epidemiology studies conducted by national institutes in India, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Japan to estimate the prevalence of mental health disorders to determine how to allocate scarce mental health resources. It has also been used to assess the prevalence of mental health disorders in special populations such as cancer patients, the military, the homeless, and prisoners in jails.

The MINI was designed to be shorter and easier to navigate than existing structured clinical interviews to identify DSM or ICD-10 disorders. The MINI also differs from comparable interviews in focusing more on the presence of current as opposed to past disorders and conditions and in its inclusion of a thorough Suicidality assessment module.

The MINI is a clinician rated structured clinical interview also known as a clinical decision support tool designed to assess, document, and confirm the presence of major DSM-5 psychiatric disorders and suicidality in adults over 18 years old.  If you need a child/adolescent version then the MINI Kid is more suitable.

The MINI Kid is a clinician rated structured clinical interview also known as a clinical decision support tool designed to assess, document, and confirm the presence of major DSM-5 psychiatric disorders and suicidality in children and adolescents aged 6-17 years.  For more information on the MINI Kid please visit the MINI Kid page (add link) and the FAQs.

The MINI and MINI Kid are both frequently identified as a clinical decision support tool and as a Clinician-reported Outcome measure (Clin-RO), a subcategory of Clinical Outcome Assessment measures (COA).

The average administration time of the Standard MINI is 18.7 minutes with a median of 15 minutes. Administration time may vary depending on the number and complexity of disorders for a given subject and the user’s clinical experience and familiarity with DSM-5 or ICD 10 criteria. Questions about how to score the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) can be directed Dr. David V Sheehan, the author, copyright holder and trademark holder of the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview.

The MINI is designed to be administered by mental health professionals or researchers who have been clinically trained in its use. There is no minimum degree requirement. Our recommendation is that the rater be a licensed clinician in mental health with adequate diagnostic assessment experience. However, we leave the final decision of selection and credentialing of raters up to the local sites or sponsors. For more information about training, CLICK HERE.

Questions about how to score the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) can be directed Dr. David V Sheehan, the author, copyright holder and trademark holder of the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview.

Yes. Dr. Sheehan’s license allows you to administer the MINI remotely as long as you complete the MINI on paper as a primary source document. It is up to your protocol to determine how appropriate remote administration of this clinician-rated structured clinical interview is for your patient population. Dr. Sheehan’s recommendation is to interview the patient using video (e.g., Zoom or Skype) rather than phone. This is because many of the questions on the MINI require clinical observation of the patient during the interview.  Be sure to review HIPAA and GDPR privacy rules. If you are doing research, you should also review other applicable rules to make sure that remote administration is acceptable to any agency, such as the FDA, who may have oversight of your research.

Questions about how to score the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) can be directed Dr. David V Sheehan, the author, copyright holder and trademark holder of the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview.

The MINI is a clinician rated structured clinical interview also known as a clinical decision support tool designed to assess, document, and confirm the presence of major DSM-5 psychiatric disorders and suicidality in adults over 18 years old.  If you need a child/adolescent version then the MINI Kid is more suitable.

The MINI Kid is a clinician rated structured clinical interview also known as a clinical decision support tool designed to assess, document, and confirm the presence of major DSM-5 psychiatric disorders and suicidality in children and adolescents aged 6-17 years.  For more information on the MINI Kid please visit the MINI Kid page (add link) and the FAQs.

The MINI and MINI Kid are both frequently identified as a clinical decision support tool and as a Clinician-reported Outcome measure (Clin-RO), a subcategory of Clinical Outcome Assessment measures (COA).

Questions about how to score the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) can be directed Dr. David V Sheehan, the author, copyright holder and trademark holder of the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview.

No, the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview cannot be patient-rated. The MINI is a structured clinical interview for DSM diagnoses and suicidality. It is designed to be clinician-rated. It has not been found to be valid if it is only patient-rated. The reason is that some modules, notably the psychotic disorders module and the module to rule out medical, organic, drug causes, require clinicians to observe the patient, elicit examples, and use clinical judgment. It is not possible to document, confirm, or rule out many of the diagnoses including, for example, a psychotic disorder, major depressive disorder (MDD), or a bipolar disorder, without clinician input. Clinician input and judgment are also required to determine the primary diagnosis on the summary page.

The MINI used in paper format as a primary source document has been cited in over 30,000 publications.

We recommend using the following references (in order of priority) for the MINI for Adults when the MINI is used on paper as a primary source document only.

  1. Sheehan DV, Lecrubier Y, Harnett-Sheehan K, Amorim P, Janavs J, Weiller E, Hergueta T, Baker R, Dunbar G: The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I.): The Development and Validation of a Structured Diagnostic Psychiatric Interview. J. Clin Psychiatry, 1998;59(suppl 20): 22-33. http://www.psychiatrist.com/JCP/article/Pages/1998/v59s20/v59s2005.aspx2.
  2. Sheehan DV, Lecrubier Y, Harnett-Sheehan K, Janavs J, Weiller E, Bonara LI, Keskiner A, Schinka J, Knapp E, Sheehan MF, Dunbar GC. Reliability and Validity of the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I.): According to the SCID-P. European Psychiatry. 1997; 12:232-241. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0924-9338(97)83297-X3.
  3. Lecrubier Y, Sheehan D, Weiller E, Amorim P, Bonora I, Sheehan K, Janavs J, Dunbar G. The MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I.) A Short Diagnostic Structured Interview: Reliability and Validity According to the CIDI. European Psychiatry. 1997; 12: 224-231. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0924-9338(97)83296-84.
  4. Amorim P, Lecrubier Y, Weiller E, Hergueta T, Sheehan D: DSM-III-R Psychotic Disorders: procedural validity of the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I.). Concordance and causes for discordance with the CIDI. European Psychiatry. 1998; 13:26-34. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0924-9338(97)86748-X

The references for the MINI are found within the License Agreement from Dr. Sheehan and the MINI itself. For any scientific questions relating to the MINI, contact David V Sheehan MD, MBA, FACPsych, DLFAPA directly by email at: davidVsheehan@gmail.com

The MINI is a structured clinical interview for DSM diagnoses and suicidality. It is administered by a clinician. It can be used to assess, confirm, and document DSM-5 and ICD-10 diagnoses and suicidality in adults for clinical practice or research.

The MINI Screen is a much shorter 2-page screening tool. It can be patient-rated or clinician administered. The MINI Screen contains only the first 2-4 screening questions from the standard MINI’s modules. The MINI Screen cannot assess, document, or confirm DSM-5 or ICD-10 diagnoses. It is typically used for screening in primary care.

The MINI Tracking is a collection of symptom severity scales derived from the standard MINI. It has the same modules as the MINI but converts the MINI’s binary (Yes / No) response options for key symptoms into dimensional response options (none / mild / moderate / very / extreme. It can be patient rated or clinician administered.

The MINI Tracking is typically used to track symptom severity and monitor treatment response over time. A benefit is that each of the tracking modules yields a score that can be plotted quantitatively on a graph.

The MINI Tracking is not a structured diagnostic interview. It cannot assess, document, or confirm DSM-5 or ICD-10 disorders. It is typically used to track change in symptom severity or change in a symptom cluster and monitor treatment response over time after an initial clinical interview using the MINI is conducted. A benefit of the MINI Tracking is that each of the tracking modules yields a score that can be plotted quantitatively on a graph.

It may be sufficient to only track symptoms for the primary diagnosis (e.g., by using the MDE Module for a patient with a primary diagnosis of MDD). However, if the patient has complicating comorbid conditions such as suicidality or substance use, or you know that a treatment could produce new unintended treatment emergent symptoms (e.g., mania), it may be prudent to administer additional tracking modules.

The flow chart (CLICK HERE) will help guide you in choosing which version of the MINI is most likely to meet your needs.

 

A table with information differentiating the MINI, the MINI Screen, and the MINI Tracking

Yes. Please CLICK HERE for a watermarked preview copy for review only, CLICK HERE for versions of the MINI, or contact Dr. Sheehan at davidVsheehan@gmail.com.

Yes, Dr. Sheehan can design a customized version of the MINI with customized additional modules to meet the needs of a specific study or clinical setting. Contact Dr. Sheehan at davidVsheehan@gmail.com to discuss a customized version.

Requests to access existing non-English translations or for any new translations should be submitted through MAPI Research Trust’s ePROVIDE COA platform at

https://eprovide.mapi-trust.org/ using the following process:

  1. Go to Submit a request
  2. If you haven't registered yet, you'll be asked to sign up for free
  3. Complete the request form. Please attach a copy of the signed and fully executed license agreement signed by Dr. David V Sheehan.

We provide training through our training platform.  Please review our Training page and learn how you or your raters can be trained by the author/copyright holder of the MINI/MINI Kid.  Certificate of Completion signed by Dr. David V Sheehan is included for any rater who completes the training and can be submitted to regulatory bodies along with your own certification process.

Dr. Sheehan only provides consultation, guidance on regulatory agency questions, and training to those who license the MINI / MINI Kid or scales directly from him. Contact Dr. Sheehan at davidVsheehan@gmail.com for additional information.

NOTE: If you do not see a QR code on the MINI you are using linking back to this website then you did not get the MINI from the author and Copyright Holder.  Dr. David V. Sheehan is the Copyright Holder, Trademark Holder, and author of the MINI for DSM-5 in all languages.  This copyright for the MINI has been registered with the US Copyright Office.

The cost for training is currently $100 USD per trainee per training for each timepoint of training.  There are additional setup fees if any of the following apply:

  • for large groups of 20 or more coupon code uses
  • if training is being used in a clinical research study or as part of a drug development program
  • if data from the study are being submitted to a regulatory agency
  • if training must be duplicated for any reason (e.g., for each recertification time point or for non-English-language training).

To calculate training costs please download our Training Form or contact Jennifer M. Giddens at training@harmresearch.org

We can provide subtitles or voice over for the training video(s) in different languages.  We can also have the quiz(es) and the guide(s) for enrolling in training translated.  If you want the quiz in any languages other than English, we will need to set-up a copy of the training in this specific language.  The set-up fee will apply for each language that you want the training set-up in. For more information please review our Training Form or contact Jennifer M. Giddens at training@harmresearch.org

Dr. Sheehan only provides consultation, guidance on regulatory agency questions, and training to those who license the MINI / MINI Kid or scales directly from him. Contact Dr. Sheehan at davidVsheehan@gmail.com for additional information.

We provide a Training Guide to the individual who purchases the training and it is up to them to them provide this guide to the trainee.  This guide is very important to ensure coupon codes are used properly and training is not compromised.

Because of GDPR and other privacy laws, we require trainees to enroll themself in the training using a coupon code.  We allow each trainee to have access to the training for up to 30 days.  (For example, if a trainee enrolled in the training on October 25th, 2022, their training access  expired on November 25th, 2022.  If another trainee enrolled on October 28th, 2022 that trainee’s access expired on November 28th, 2022.)  By allowing a trainee to enroll in the training and complete the training on their own time they usually immediately complete the training when they access the training.  We will send a guide that walks trainees through the entire process of enrolling in and completing the training.  You should provide this guide to the trainees.

We will restrict the coupon code to only work for the specific training course(s) of your choice.  The one downside is that we cannot oversee that those using the coupon code are people you want to have trained.  If someone shared the code with a friend, that training would count against the total number of trainings you purchased.

We recommend providing training for a trainee shortly before their site will begin recruitment or direct use of the scale / structured interview.  We do not recommend training users of the scales / structured interviews too far in advance of them using the scales / structured interview, unless they are already experienced users of the scale / structured interview.

The training materials were personally created by the author and copyright holder of the scale or structured interview.  The training courses include a video presentation and a quiz.  After both of these are completed in full, a certificate of completion of training is generated.  User certification is left up to the local site or sponsor and is usually a credentialing issue. 

Please visit our Training page or review our Training Form for more details.

A fully executed license is required for use of the MINI Kid International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) in any language. To license the MINI directly from Dr. Sheehan, the author and copyright holder, you will need complete his license agreement.  CLICK HERE to download a template license agreement for use.   Note that a license is needed for use of the MINI 5.0, MINI 6.0 and MINI 7.0.2.

Dr. Sheehan only provides consultation, guidance on regulatory agency questions, and training to those who license the MINI / MINI Kid or scales directly from him. Contact Dr. Sheehan at davidVsheehan@gmail.com for additional information. If you do not see a QR code on the MINI Kid you are using linking back to this website then you did not get the MINI Kid from the author and Copyright Holder.  Dr. David V. Sheehan is the Copyright Holder, Trademark Holder, and author of the MINI Kid for DSM-5 in all languages.  This copyright for the MINI has been registered with the US Copyright Office.

The cost of licensing the standard MINI or the MINI Kid is $15 USD for each use, i.e. each administration to a subject and/or each use in training. The cost of licensing other versions of the MINI or MINI Kid (e.g., the more extended Psychotic Disorders version, the version for Suicidality Disorders or for ADHD Disorders) is the same. An additional custom disorder module costs an additional $4 per administration per module in addition to the standard $15 for the standard MINI.

Note: Non-profit institutions sometimes incorrectly assume that the license fee does not apply because they are “not-for-profit”. The licensing fee applies to all uses.

How to calculate the total number of uses. Typically, the MINI is used to screen potential subjects for eligibility for a study. The total number of MINI uses will depend on the study’s eligibility (inclusion and exclusion) criteria, the available population, and the likelihood of subjects dropping out before the baseline visit is completed.

As a rule of thumb, you will need to screen 200-400 or more subjects to get a yield of 100 subjects. Our recommendation is that you take a minimum 2:1 ratio to calculate the number of uses for most conditions and a higher ratio for studies where you expect more subjects will be excluded or drop out before they are randomized.

Pricing Example:

  • 1 administration of the MINI to 100 subjects during the entire study = 100*$15
  • 2 administrations of the MINI to 100 subjects during the entire study = 100*2*$15
  • If the MINI is used as a screening tool to get a yield of 100 into the study, then you are likely to need to use the MINI at least 200 times (2:1 ratio) or 200*$15. If you plan to administer the MINI one more time during the study to the remaining 100, that is an additional 100*$15. For more information on the recommended 2:1 ratio please download the License agreement – click here.
  • Please also always account for any additional use for training uses of the MINI

The license and license fee applies to all uses.

Dr. Sheehan licenses the MINI Kid International Neuropsychiatric Interview in paper format for distribution as follows: (1) in paper form for any uses, or (2) in fixed-pdf form, paper form, or both for use in clinical or academic research trials or studies.

You can use the MINI

  • To provide a shorter alternative to longer diagnostic interviews to systematically assess children and adolescents for DSM-5 diagnoses for research, for clinical practice, or for detailed forensic examination.
  • To select subjects for a clinical trial. For example, the MINI-Kid can be used in a study of the effectiveness of a new treatment for child ADHD to ensure that all the study subjects meet DSM-5 criteria for ADHD) and that none meet criteria for a current Psychotic or Substance Use Disorder).
  • To assess the incidence or prevalence of psychiatric disorders and suicidality in a population. The MINI-Kid has been used for this purpose in epidemiology studies in countries such as Canada, China, Spain, the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Countries, including Egypt, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE), Saudi Arabia, South India, Uganda and in Syrian refugee children in Lebanon. It has also been used to assess the prevalence of mental health disorders in special populations such as children and adolescents with physical conditions.
  • To explore relationships between variables such as religious attitudes and OCD symptoms in adolescents, adolescent screen time and depressive episodes, to name just two such studies.

The MINI-Kid is unique in being much shorter than comparable diagnostic interviews for children such as the K-SADs while still covering the major diagnostic categories seen in children and adolescents in mental health settings and the general population (Sheehan et al., 2010). It also differs from comparable interviews and in focusing more on the presence of current as opposed to past disorders and conditions and in its inclusion of a Suicidality module.

The average administration time of the MINI-Kid is 33.5 minutes with a median of 33 minutes. Administration time varies depending on the number and complexity of disorders for a given subject and the user’s clinical experience and familiarity with DSM-5 criteria (Sheehan et al., 2010).

The MINI-KID is a clinician rated structured clinical interview designed to be administered by mental health professionals or researchers who have been clinically trained in its use. There is no minimum degree requirement. Our recommendation is that the rater be a licensed clinician in mental health with adequate diagnostic assessment experience. However, we leave the final decision of selection and credentialing of raters up to the local sites.  For more information about training, CLICK HERE.

Dr. Sheehan only provides consultation, guidance on regulatory agency questions, and training to those who license the MINI / MINI Kid or scales directly from him. Contact Dr. Sheehan at davidVsheehan@gmail.com for additional information. If you do not see a QR code on the MINI Kid you are using linking back to this website then you did not get the MINI Kid from the author and Copyright Holder.  Dr. David V. Sheehan is the Copyright Holder, Trademark Holder, and author of the MINI Kid for DSM-5 in all languages.  This copyright for the MINI has been registered with the US Copyright Office.

Yes. Dr. Sheehan’s license allows you to administer the MINI-Kid remotely as long as you complete the interview on paper as a primary source document. It is up to your protocol to determine how appropriate remote administration is for your patient population. Whether the interview is with the child and parent together, an older adolescent, or only the parent (Kid-Parent version), Dr. Sheehan’s recommendation is to conduct the interview using video, such as Zoom or Skype, rather than phone. The MINI Kid is a clinician rated structured clinical interview and many questions on the MINI-Kid require clinical observation of the child/adolescent. Be sure to review HIPAA and GDPR privacy rules. If you are doing research, you should also review other applicable rules to make sure that remote administration is acceptable to any agency, such as the FDA, who may have oversight of your research.

The MINI Kid is a clinician rated structured clinical interview also known as a clinical decision support tool designed to assess, document, and confirm the presence of major DSM-5 psychiatric disorders and suicidality in children and adolescents aged 6-17 years.  The MINI and MINI Kid are both frequently identified as a clinical decision support tool and as a Clinician-reported Outcome measure (Clin-RO), a subcategory of Clinical Outcome Assessment measures (COA).

The average administration time of the MINI-Kid is 33.5 minutes with a median of 33 minutes. Administration time varies depending on the number and complexity of disorders for a given subject and the user’s clinical experience and familiarity with DSM-5 criteria (Sheehan et al., 2010).

Questions about how to score the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents (MINI Kid) can be directed Dr. David V Sheehan, the author, copyright holder and trademark holder of the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview.

The MINI-KID is a clinician rated structured clinical interview designed to be administered by mental health professionals or researchers who have been clinically trained in its use. There is no minimum degree requirement. Our recommendation is that the rater be a licensed clinician in mental health with adequate diagnostic assessment experience. However, we leave the final decision of selection and credentialing of raters up to the local sites.  For more information about training, CLICK HERE.

Dr. Sheehan only provides consultation, guidance on regulatory agency questions, and training to those who license the MINI / MINI Kid or scales directly from him. Contact Dr. Sheehan at davidVsheehan@gmail.com for additional information. If you do not see a QR code on the MINI Kid you are using linking back to this website then you did not get the MINI Kid from the author and Copyright Holder.  Dr. David V. Sheehan is the Copyright Holder, Trademark Holder, and author of the MINI Kid for DSM-5 in all languages.  This copyright for the MINI has been registered with the US Copyright Office.

Questions about how to score the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents (MINI Kid) can be directed Dr. David V Sheehan, the author, copyright holder and trademark holder of the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview.

Yes. Dr. Sheehan’s license allows you to administer the MINI-Kid remotely as long as you complete the interview on paper as a primary source document. It is up to your protocol to determine how appropriate remote administration is for your patient population. Whether the interview is with the child and parent together, an older adolescent, or only the parent (Kid-Parent version), Dr. Sheehan’s recommendation is to conduct the interview using video, such as Zoom or Skype, rather than phone. The MINI Kid is a clinician rated structured clinical interview and many questions on the MINI-Kid require clinical observation of the child/adolescent. Be sure to review HIPAA and GDPR privacy rules. If you are doing research, you should also review other applicable rules to make sure that remote administration is acceptable to any agency, such as the FDA, who may have oversight of your research.

Questions about how to score the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents (MINI Kid) can be directed Dr. David V Sheehan, the author, copyright holder and trademark holder of the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview.

The MINI Kid is a clinician rated structured clinical interview also known as a clinical decision support tool designed to assess, document, and confirm the presence of major DSM-5 psychiatric disorders and suicidality in children and adolescents aged 6-17 years.  The MINI and MINI Kid are both frequently identified as a clinical decision support tool and as a Clinician-reported Outcome measure (Clin-RO), a subcategory of Clinical Outcome Assessment measures (COA).

Questions about how to score the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents (MINI Kid) can be directed Dr. David V Sheehan, the author, copyright holder and trademark holder of the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview.

No. The MINI-Kid is an interview. It is not valid if it is only patient-rated. The reason is that some modules, notably the psychotic disorders module and the module to rule out medical, organic, drug causes, require clinicians to observe the patient, elicit examples, and use clinical judgement. It is not possible to document, confirm, or rule out many of the diagnoses including, for example, a psychotic disorder, a major depressive disorder (MDD), or a bipolar disorder, without clinician input. Clinician input and judgment are also required to determine the primary diagnosis on the summary page.

The MINI Kid used in paper format as a primary source document has been cited in over 1,500 publications.

We recommend using the following citations (in order of priority) in referencing the MINI-Kid:

  1. Sheehan DV, Sheehan KH, Shytle RD, Janavs J, Bannon Y, Rogers JE, Milo KM, Stock SL, Wilkinson B. Reliability and Validity of the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents (MINI–KID). J Clin Psychiatry; 2010;71(3):313-326. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.4088/JCP.09m05305whi
  2. Duncan L, Georgiades K, Wang, Van Lieshout, RJ et al. Psychometric Evaluation of the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents (MINI-Kid).Psychological Assessment,2018; 30(7), 916–928. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000541
  3. Högberg, C., Billstedt, E., Björck, C. et al. Diagnostic validity of the MINI-KID disorder classifications in specialized child and adolescent psychiatric outpatient clinics in Sweden.BMC Psychiatry, 2019 19( 142), 2121-8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-019-2121-8.

The primary reference for the MINI-Kid is found within the License Agreement from Dr. Sheehan and the MINI-Kid itself. For any scientific questions relating to the MINI-Kid, contact David V Sheehan MD MBA directly by email at: davidVsheehan@gmail.com

The MINI Kid is clinician rated structured clinical interview. It is designed to assess, confirm, and document DSM-5 and ICD-10 diagnoses among children and adolescents for clinical practice or research.

 

The MINI Kid Screen is a much shorter 2-page screening tool. It can be patient rated or clinician administered. The MINI Kid Screen contains only the first 2-4 screening questions from the standard MINI Kid’s modules. The MINI Kid Screen cannot assess, document or confirm a DSM-5 or ICD-10 diagnoses. It is typically used for screening in primary care.

 

The MINI Kid Tracking is a collection of symptom severity scales derived from the standard MINI Kid. It has the same modules as the MINI Kid but converts the MINI Kid’s binary (Yes/No) responses for key symptoms into dimensional response options (0-4), (none / mild / moderate / very / extreme. It can be patient rated or clinician administered.

 

The MINI Kid Tracking is not a structured diagnostic interview. It cannot assess, document, or confirm DSM-5 or ICD-10 diagnoses It is typically used to track  and monitor change in a symptom cluster and treatment response over time after an initial diagnostic interview using the MINI Kid is conducted. A benefit is that each of the tracking modules yields a score that can be plotted quantitatively on a graph.

 

It may be sufficient to only track symptoms for the primary diagnosis (e.g., by using the MDE Module for a patient with a primary diagnosis of MDD). However, if the patient has complicating comorbid conditions such as suicidality or substance use, or you know that a treatment could produce new unintended treatment emergent symptoms (e.g., mania), it may be prudent to administer additional tracking modules.

A table with information differentiating the MINI Kid, the MINI Kid Screen, and the MINI Kid Tracking

Yes. Please CLICK HERE for a watermarked preview copy for review only, CLICK HERE for versions of the MINI Kid, or contact Dr. Sheehan at davidVsheehan@gmail.com.

Yes, Dr. Sheehan can design a customized version of the MINI Kid with customized additional modules to meet the needs of a specific study or clinical setting. Contact Dr. Sheehan at davidVsheehan@gmail.com to discuss a customized version.

Requests to access existing non-English translations or for any new translations should be submitted through MAPI Research Trust’s ePROVIDE COA platform at

https://eprovide.mapi-trust.org/ using the following process:

  1. Go to Submit a request
  2. If you haven't registered yet, you'll be asked to sign up for free
  3. Complete the request form. Please attach a copy of the signed and fully executed license agreement signed by Dr. David V Sheehan.

We provide training through our training platform.  Please review our Training page and learn how you or your raters can be trained by the author/copyright holder of the MINI/MINI Kid.  Certificate of Completion signed by Dr. David V Sheehan is included for any rater who completes the training and can be submitted to regulatory bodies along with your own certification process.

Dr. Sheehan only provides consultation, guidance on regulatory agency questions, and training to those who license the MINI / MINI Kid or scales directly from him. Contact Dr. Sheehan at davidVsheehan@gmail.com for additional information.

NOTE: If you do not see a QR code on the MINI Kid you are using linking back to this website then you did not get the MINI Kid from the author and Copyright Holder.  Dr. David V. Sheehan is the Copyright Holder, Trademark Holder, and author of the MINI Kid for DSM-5 in all languages.  This copyright for the MINI has been registered with the US Copyright Office.

The cost for training is currently $100 USD per trainee per training for each timepoint of training.  There are additional setup fees if any of the following apply:

  • for large groups of 20 or more coupon code uses
  • if training is being used in a clinical research study or as part of a drug development program
  • if data from the study are being submitted to a regulatory agency
  • if training must be duplicated for any reason (e.g., for each recertification time point or for non-English-language training).

To calculate training costs please download our Training Form or contact Jennifer M. Giddens at training@harmresearch.org

We can provide subtitles or voice over for the training video(s) in different languages.  We can also have the quiz(es) and the guide(s) for enrolling in training translated.  If you want the quiz in any languages other than English, we will need to set-up a copy of the training in this specific language.  The set-up fee will apply for each language that you want the training set-up in. For more information please contact Jennifer M. Giddens at training@harmresearch.org

Dr. Sheehan only provides consultation, guidance on regulatory agency questions, and training to those who license the MINI / MINI Kid or scales directly from him. Contact Dr. Sheehan at davidVsheehan@gmail.com for additional information.

We provide a Training Guide to the individual who purchases the training and it is up to them to them provide this guide to the trainee.  This guide is very important to ensure coupon codes are used properly and training is not compromised.

Because of GDPR and other privacy laws, we require trainees to enroll themself in the training using a coupon code.  We allow each trainee to have access to the training for up to 30 days.  (For example, if a trainee enrolled in the training on October 25th, 2022, their training access  expired on November 25th, 2022.  If another trainee enrolled on October 28th, 2022 that trainee’s access expired on November 28th, 2022.)  By allowing a trainee to enroll in the training and complete the training on their own time they usually immediately complete the training when they access the training.  We will send a guide that walks trainees through the entire process of enrolling in and completing the training.  You should provide this guide to the trainees.

We will restrict the coupon code to only work for the specific training course(s) of your choice.  The one downside is that we cannot oversee that those using the coupon code are people you want to have trained.  If someone shared the code with a friend, that training would count against the total number of trainings you purchased.

We recommend providing training for a trainee shortly before their site will begin recruitment or direct use of the scale / structured interview.  We do not recommend training users of the scales / structured interviews too far in advance of them using the scales / structured interview, unless they are already experienced users of the scale / structured interview.

The training materials were personally created by the author and copyright holder of the scale or structured interview.  The training courses include a video presentation and a quiz.  After both of these are completed in full, a certificate of completion of training is generated.  User certification is left up to the local site or sponsor and is usually a credentialing issue. 

Please visit our Training page or review our Training Form for more details.

A fully executed license is required for use of the Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS) in any language. To license the SDS directly from Dr. Sheehan, the author and copyright holder, you will need complete his license agreement. Click here to learn more about the SDS or to download a License for use.

Dr. Sheehan only provides consultation, guidance on regulatory agency questions, and training to those who license the SDS directly from him. Contact Dr. Sheehan at davidVsheehan@gmail.com for additional information. If you do not see a QR code on the SDS you are using linking back to this website then you did not get the SDS from the author and Copyright Holder.  Dr. David V. Sheehan is the Copyright Holder, Trademark Holder, and author of the SDS in all languages.  This copyright for the SDS has been registered with the US Copyright Office.

The cost of licensing the SDS is $4 USD for each use, i.e. each administration to a subject and/or each use in training.

Note: Non-profit institutions sometimes incorrectly assume that the license fee does not apply because they are “not-for-profit”. The licensing fee applies to all uses.

The license and license fee applies to all uses.

Dr. Sheehan licenses the SDS in paper format for distribution as follows: (1) in paper form for any uses, or (2) in fixed-pdf form, paper form, or both for use in clinical or academic research trials or studies.

Many patients suffer impairment of functioning at work, at school, in social settings or at home above and beyond their symptoms.  Insurance companies, employers, government agencies, clinicians and drug companies seeking regulatory approval want to be assured that treatment not only improves symptoms but also restores functioning. The SDS can be used:

  • To assess and monitor the severity of functional impairment over time and in response to treatment in primary care as well as mental health settings.
  • To identify and track disability and functional impairment as an efficacy outcome measure, adverse event and/or treatment emergent effect in clinical trials and treatment outcome studies.
  • To provide documentation of disability and impairment in detailed forensic evaluations.
  • To detect and describe the incidence or prevalence and severity of disability and impairment in population research including national and international epidemiology studies and community surveys.

The SDS is unique in using a discretized analog (Discan) metric that subjects with different cognitive orientations (verbal, numeric, and visual spatial) can easily follow. Some people rate numerically (”he was 6’3” tall”), others use verbal descriptors (“he was very tall”), and still others communicate by rating space visually (using their hands to point while commenting “he was this tall”). Some choose a combination of two or all three methods. For each of its functional domains (work / social / family life), the SDS allows subjects to simultaneously anchor their perceptions of their own impairment all three ways (verbally, numerically and visually-spatially). It also allows enough points of discrimination so that subjects can make fine distinctions in degrees of impairment. This format makes the SDS uniquely sensitive to efficacy signals in treatment studies. Additionally, the SDS contains two numeric measures for “days lost” and “days underproductive” that can be used to assess the impact of disability on work and productivity.

Typically, the SDS takes 1-2 minutes to administer.

No minimum qualification is needed to administer the SDS. However, in research settings where precision is required, training in the use of the SDS is recommended. For more information about training, CLICK HERE.

Note:Dr. Sheehan only provides consultation, guidance on regulatory agency questions, and training to those who license the Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS directly from him. Contact Dr. Sheehan at davidVsheehan@gmail.com for additional information.  If you do not see a QR code on the Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS) you are using linking back to this website, then you did not get the Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS) from the author and Copyright Holder.  Dr. David V. Sheehan is the Copyright Holder, Trademark Holder and author of the Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS) in all languages.  This copyright for the SDS has been registered with the US Copyright Office.

Yes. Dr. Sheehan’s license allows you to administer the SDS remotely as long as you complete the interview on paper as a primary source document. It is up to your protocol to determine how appropriate remote administration is for your patient population. For best results, Dr. Sheehan’s recommendation is to conduct the interview using video, such as Zoom or Skype, rather than phone. The SDS can be rated by patient or clinician. Because of this flexibility it is useful for inpatients as well as outpatients and can also be used in community and population studies.

If you are doing research, you should also review other applicable rules to make sure that remote administration is acceptable to any agency, such as the FDA, who may have oversight of your research.

The standard version of the SDS for adults meets most needs, most of the time in clinical and research settings. The pediatric version (SDS-P) is useful for children since it can be parent or clinician rated for children over the age of 6-11. We recommend the adolescent version (SDS-A) for adolescents age 12-17 since it can be either self-rated or clinician rated.

The SDS can be rated by patient or clinician. Because of this flexibility it is useful for inpatients as well as outpatients and can also be used in community and population studies. Clinician input and judgment are always recommended with making any assessment. 

Yes. Please CLICK HERE for a watermarked preview copy for review only or contact Dr. Sheehan at davidVsheehan@gmail.com.

Yes, Dr. Sheehan can design a customized version of the SDS to meet the needs of a specific study or clinical setting. Contact Dr. Sheehan at davidVsheehan@gmail.com to discuss a customized version.

Requests to access existing non-English translations or for any new translations should be submitted through MAPI Research Trust’s ePROVIDE COA platform at

https://eprovide.mapi-trust.org/ using the following process:

  1. Go to Submit a request
  2. If you haven't registered yet, you'll be asked to sign up for free
  3. Complete the request form. Please attach a copy of the signed and fully executed license agreement signed by Dr. David V Sheehan.

A fully executed license is required for use of the Sheehan-Suicidality Tracking Scale (S-STS) in any language. To license the S-STS directly from Dr. Sheehan, the author and copyright holder, you will need complete his license agreement. Click here to learn more about the S-STS or to download a License for use.

Dr. Sheehan only provides consultation, guidance on regulatory agency questions, and training to those who license the S-STS directly from him. Contact Dr. Sheehan at davidVsheehan@gmail.com for additional information. If you do not see a QR code on the S-STS you are using linking back to this website then you did not get the SDS from the author and Copyright Holder.  Dr. David V. Sheehan is the Copyright Holder, Trademark Holder, and author of the S-STS in all languages.  This copyright for the S-STS has been registered with the US Copyright Office.

CLICK HERE for more information about Sheehan Scales.

The cost of licensing the S-STS is $4 USD for each use, i.e. each administration to a subject and/or each use in training.

Note: Non-profit institutions sometimes incorrectly assume that the license fee does not apply because they are “not-for-profit”. The licensing fee applies to all uses.

The license and license fee applies to all uses.

Dr. Sheehan licenses the S-STS in paper format for distribution as follows: (1) in paper form for any uses, or (2) in fixed-pdf form, paper form, or both for use in clinical or academic research trials or studies.

The S-STS can be used as a systematic means:

  • To assess and monitor suicidality in primary care as well as mental health settings (inpatient and outpatient).
  • To identify and track suicidality as an efficacy outcome measure, adverse event, and/or treatment emergent effect in clinical trials and treatment outcome studies.
  • To provide detailed documentation of suicidality in forensic evaluations.
  • To detect and describe the incidence or prevalence and severity of suicidality in population research including national and international epidemiology studies and community surveys.

The S-STS is unique in the following ways:

  • The S-STS asks about a broader range of suicidality phenomena than other suicidality scales. For example, beyond suicidal ideation and behavior, it has questions about suicidal impulses, suicidal hallucinations, delusional suicidality, and suicidal dreams.
  • Unlike its most used alternative, the C-SSRS, which uses a binary (Yes/No) response format, confirming the presence or absence of suicidality, the S-STS uses a numeric Likert format. A benefit of this format is that it allows raters to make fine distinctions in the seriousness of suicidality symptoms and track changes over time. Also, item and cluster scores can be graphed quantitatively.
  • The S-STS can be mapped closely to FDA classification categories of suicidality.
  • In clinical trials the S-STS has been found to be uniquely sensitive in detecting drug-placebo differences and treatment effects.
  • To our knowledge, the S-STS is the only suicidal assessment scale that has been linguistically validated for children and adolescents.

No minimum qualification is needed to administer the S-STS. What is more critical is that raters be comfortable discussing suicidality with patients and nonjudgment in their approach to suicidality. However, in research settings where precision is required, we do advise training in the use of the S-STS.

This is to ensure that the S-STS is administered and interpreted correctly and to reduce the risk of false positives or false negatives. We leave the final decision of selection and credentialing of raters up to the local sites.

Note: Dr. Sheehan only provides consultation, guidance on regulatory agency questions, and training to those who license the Sheehan-Suicidality Tracking Scale (S-STS) directly from him. Contact Dr. Sheehan at davidVsheehan@gmail.com for additional information.  If you do not see a QR code on the Sheehan-Suicidality Tracking Scale (S-STS) you are using linking back to this website, then you did not get the Sheehan-Suicidality Tracking Scale (S-STS) from the author and Copyright Holder.  Dr. David V. Sheehan is the Copyright Holder, Trademark Holder and author of the Sheehan-Suicidality Tracking Scale (S-STS) in all languages.  This copyright for the S-STS has been registered with the US Copyright Office.

Yes. Dr. Sheehan’s license allows you to administer the S-STS remotely as long as you complete the S-STS on paper as a primary source document. It is up to your protocol to determine how appropriate remote administration is for your patient population. Be sure to review HIPAA and GDPR privacy rules. If you are doing research, you should also review other applicable rules to make sure that remote administration is acceptable to any agency, such as the FDA, who may have oversight of your research.

The standard version of the S-STS for adults meets most needs, most of the time in clinical and research settings.

For children and adolescents, the S-STS is available in 3 age-related, linguistically validated versions (for 6 to 8 year olds, 9 to 10 year olds, and 13 to 17 year olds). The pediatric version (S-STS-P) is useful for all three age groups since it can be parent or clinician rated. We recommend the adolescent version (S-STS-A) for adolescents aged 13-17 since it can be either self-rated by the adolescent or clinician rated.

The average time to administer the S-STS is 8.4 minutes. This administration time is comparable to that for the C-SSRS (8.1 minutes) and shorter than that that for the ISST-Plus (14.5 min).

The S-STS can be patient or clinician rated but should always be clinician reviewed, preferably by someone with clinical mental health experience and training. To ensure that the S-STS is rated and interpreted correctly and to reduce the risk of false positives or false negatives, we recommend training in the use of the S-STS. For more information about training, CLICK HERE.

Yes. Please CLICK HERE for a watermarked preview copy for review only or contact Dr. Sheehan at davidVsheehan@gmail.com.

CLICK HERE for more information about Sheehan Scales.

Yes, Dr. Sheehan can design a customized version of the S-STS to meet the needs of a specific study or clinical setting. Contact Dr. Sheehan at davidVsheehan@gmail.com to discuss a customized version.

Requests to access existing non-English translations or for any new translations should be submitted through MAPI Research Trust’s ePROVIDE COA platform at

https://eprovide.mapi-trust.org/ using the following process:

  1. Go to Submit a request
  2. If you haven't registered yet, you'll be asked to sign up for free
  3. Complete the request form. Please attach a copy of the signed and fully executed license agreement signed by Dr. David V Sheehan.

The Sheehan Scales can be used:

  • To assess and monitor the severity of specific symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, suicidality), to monitor global improvement or to assess functional impairment over time and in response to treatment in primary care as well as mental health settings.
  • To identify and track specific symptoms or clusters of symptoms or impairment as an efficacy outcome measure, adverse event and/or treatment emergent effect in clinical trials and treatment outcome studies.
  • To detect and describe the incidence or prevalence and severity of such symptoms or impairment in population research including national and international epidemiology studies and community surveys.

Please CLICK HERE to be able to filter scales by disorder type, age group and type of research study. Use the filters on the left to make your selections.  When you have determined which scales you need, you can complete the relevant license agreement found on the page of the scale.

All of the Sheehan Scales can be patient-rated, clinician-rated, or rated by patient and clinician together at the same visit. Because of this flexibility they are useful for inpatients as well as outpatients and can also be used in community and population studies. However, to ensure safety and precision in research studies, we recommend training in the use of scales such as the S-STS and SDS. For more information about training CLICK HERE.

Yes. Many of Dr. Sheehan’s scales, most notably the Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS), the Sheehan-Suicidality Tracking Scale (S-STS), and Sheehan-Homicidality Tracking Scale (S-HTS) can be made available in pediatric and adolescent versions. Others can be customized for children and adolescents.

Yes, please CLICK HERE for watermarked preview copies only or contact Dr. Sheehan directly at davidVsheehan@gmail.com

Yes. Dr. Sheehan can design customized versions of most of his scales e.g. if you need a timeframe that is not an option for the version listed. Contact Dr. Sheehan at davidVsheehan@gmail.com to discuss a customized version designed for your needs.

A fully executed license and licensing fee applies to all uses. To license a Sheehan Scale for your use from Dr. Sheehan, you will need complete a license agreement. Links can be found on product pages to download a template license agreement for use. Then follow the instructions on the License Agreement form and once completed, please sign and send back to davidVsheehan@gmail.com

The cost of licensing one of the Sheehan Scales is $4 USD for each use/administration. Use/administration includes use in training/preparation activities and administration in a study.

Note: Non-profit institutions sometimes incorrectly assume that the license fee does not apply because they are “not-for-profit”. The licensing fee applies to all uses.

The license fee applies to all uses.

Most of the Sheehan scales have been validated. See individual listings of scales for specific information on validation.

Note: The Sheehan Scales are clinical decision support tools. They were tested for reliability and validity conditions in which they were rated in paper format as a primary source document. The results cannot be generalized to any other conditions or format.

We provide training through our training platform.  Please review our Training page and learn how you or your raters can be trained by the author/copyright holder of the MINI/MINI Kid and Sheehan Scales.  Certificate of Completion signed by Dr. David V Sheehan is included for any rater who completes the training and can be submitted to regulatory bodies along with your own certification process.

Dr. Sheehan only provides consultation, guidance on regulatory agency questions, and training to those who license the MINI / MINI Kid or scales directly from him. Contact Dr. Sheehan at davidVsheehan@gmail.com for additional information.

NOTE: If you do not see a QR code on the MINI or Sheehan Scale you are using linking back to this website then you did not get the it from the author and Copyright Holder.  Dr. David V. Sheehan is the Copyright Holder, Trademark Holder, and author  in all languages.  This copyright for the MINI and for each Sheehan Scale has been registered with the US Copyright Office.

The cost for training is currently $100 USD per trainee per training for each timepoint of training.  There are additional setup fees if any of the following apply:

  • for large groups of 20 or more coupon code uses
  • if training is being used in a clinical research study or as part of a drug development program
  • if data from the study are being submitted to a regulatory agency
  • if training must be duplicated for any reason (e.g., for each recertification time point or for non-English-language training).

To calculate training costs please download our Training Form or contact Jennifer M. Giddens at training@harmresearch.org

We can provide subtitles or voice over for the training video(s) in different languages.  We can also have the quiz(es) and the guide(s) for enrolling in training translated.  If you want the quiz in any languages other than English, we will need to set-up a copy of the training in this specific language.  The set-up fee will apply for each language that you want the training set-up in. For more information please contact Jennifer M. Giddens at training@harmresearch.org

Dr. Sheehan only provides consultation, guidance on regulatory agency questions, and training to those who license the MINI / MINI Kid or scales directly from him. Contact Dr. Sheehan at davidVsheehan@gmail.com for additional information.

We provide a Training Guide to the individual who purchases the training and it is up to them to them provide this guide to the trainee.  This guide is very important to ensure coupon codes are used properly and training is not compromised.

Because of GDPR and other privacy laws, we require trainees to enroll themself in the training using a coupon code.  We allow each trainee to have access to the training for up to 30 days.  (For example, if a trainee enrolled in the training on October 25th, 2022, their training access  expired on November 25th, 2022.  If another trainee enrolled on October 28th, 2022 that trainee’s access expired on November 28th, 2022.)  By allowing a trainee to enroll in the training and complete the training on their own time they usually immediately complete the training when they access the training.  We will send a guide that walks trainees through the entire process of enrolling in and completing the training.  You should provide this guide to the trainees.

We will restrict the coupon code to only work for the specific training course(s) of your choice.  The one downside is that we cannot oversee that those using the coupon code are people you want to have trained.  If someone shared the code with a friend, that training would count against the total number of trainings you purchased.

We recommend providing training for a trainee shortly before their site will begin recruitment or direct use of the scale / structured interview.  We do not recommend training users of the scales / structured interviews too far in advance of them using the scales / structured interview, unless they are already experienced users of the scale / structured interview.

The training materials were personally created by the author and copyright holder of the scale or structured interview.  The training courses include a video presentation and a quiz.  After both of these are completed in full, a certificate of completion of training is generated.  User certification is left up to the local site or sponsor and is usually a credentialing issue. 

Please visit our Training page or review our Training Form for more details.

Requests to access existing non-English translations or for any new translations of the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview or Sheehan Scales can be sent to davidVsheehan@gmail.com or directly submitted through MAPI Research Trust’s ePROVIDE COA platform at:

https://eprovide.mapi-trust.org/ using the following process:

  1. Go to Submit a request
  2. If you haven't registered yet, you'll be asked to sign up for free
  3. Complete the request form. Please attach a copy of the signed and fully executed license agreement signed by Dr. David V Sheehan.

The MINI, MINI Kid, Sheehan Disability Scale and other Sheehan Scales are clinical decision support tool, also known as a COA.  The validated studies listed on this cite and in these tools are only valid under conditions in which it was clinician administered in paper format as a primary source document. The results cannot be generalized to any other conditions or format or used as evidence of validation for FDA or EMA or another regulatory authority if it was not clinician administered on paper as primary source document.

As Clinical Outcome Assessments/Clinical Decision Support tools (COAs, CDS) are scientific material undergoing rigorous validation of their measurement properties, their translations must follow an equally rigorous process to ensure they are understood the same way no matter the language used. Very often, items used in these scales are also sensitive to local cultures. It is therefore critical to minimize the impact of cross-cultural differences in COA translations.

Linguistic validation ensures that equivalence is addressed during the development of translations, meaning that the integrity of the original COA’s psychometric measurement properties are maintained. This will allow data to be safely compared across countries and languages.

To ensure the production of harmonized and consistent language versions, Dr. David Sheehan has selected Mapi/ICON Language Services as the sole linguistic validation company for all of the diagnostic interviews and rating scales that he distributes under a license from him. For more information on the importance of linguistic validation to ensure accuracy/documentation in clinical trials: CLICK HERE

For additional information on available translations of this instrument, or for a project involving new languages, please submit a request (tutorials available on MAPI's FAQs).

NOTE: Using the MINI or Sheehan Scales in English in non-English speaking countries is not recommended by Dr. David Sheehan. Country specific translations should be used.

Always ask for the Certificate of Linguistic Validation when you get the non-English translation of any clinical outcome assessment (COA).

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