THE COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW FOR PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSES AS AN EXPOUNDING INSTRUMENT IN THE NORWEGIAN COMMUNITY DIAGNOSIS PROJECT - MENTAL-HEALTH AND PHYSICAL ILLNESS

The Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) was used as step two in an epidemiologic study of health in 2000 inhabitants in two areas of Norway. Data are presented as an example of the use of the CIDI combined with rich survey data material. The data suggest a higher prevalence of nervous symptoms according to the Hopkins Symptom Checklist 25-item scale (HSCL) among people who had impairment from physical illness in the last year. A higher prevalence of psychiatric diagnoses in the DSM-III-R system, according to the CIDI, is also found.