The Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) is an interview schedule used as a basis of a structured interview taking on the responsibility to provide the basis for a psychiatric evaluation or psychological assessment. One of the advantages for this data collection method is that the DIS questions are set to verify whether a symptom has been existent or not by simply answering ‘yes’ or ‘no’ questionnaires. Some other advantages for using DIS are that the data analysis are simple, responses can be directly compared and easily accumulated, and many questions can be asked in just a short amount of time. Contrary, some disadvantages may be that the participants have to fit their feelings and experiences into the categories provided. It can also be considered irrelevant, impersonal, or mechanistic. Additionally, the limit of response choices given may distort the participants meaning, experience, or
The Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) is an interview schedule used as a basis of a structured interview taking on the responsibility to provide the basis for a psychiatric evaluation or psychological assessment. One of the advantages for this data collection method is that the DIS questions are set to verify whether a symptom has been existent or not by simply answering ‘yes’ or ‘no’ questionnaires. Some other advantages for using DIS are that the data analysis are simple, responses can be directly compared and easily accumulated, and many questions can be asked in just a short amount of time. Contrary, some disadvantages may be that the participants have to fit their feelings and experiences into the categories provided. It can also be considered irrelevant, impersonal, or mechanistic. Additionally, the limit of response choices given may distort the participants meaning, experience, or