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The ''' Diagnostic Interview for Genetic Studies (DIGS)''' is a structured interview for psychiatric disorders designed by researchers from the [[Organization:National Institute of Mental Health|National Institute of Mental Health]], first published in 1991. Although most of the diagnoses were based on DSM-III-R criteria, the instrument was also able to generate diagnoses for certain disorders in other systems including DSM-IV, [[Research Diagnostic Criteria]], [[Medicine:ICD-10|ICD-10]] and [[Feighner Criteria]]. This was possible because of the instrument records symptoms in sufficient detail to allow different criteria to be applied. 
<ref name="DIGS">Nurnberger JI, Blehar MC, Kaufmann CA et al (1994).[http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=496822 Diagnostic Interview for Genetic Studies (DIGS)] Archives of General Psychiatry, vol. 51, pp. 849-59 {{PMID|7944874}}</ref>
The DIGS interview has gone through a number of revisions since being published. The latest version is DIGS 4.0/BP which was published in 2005. All DIGS versions are available to download from the NIMH Center for Collaborative Genomic Studies on Mental Disorders 

==See also==
*Diagnostic classification and rating scales used in psychiatry

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.nimhgenetics.org/interviews/ DIGS at NIMH Center for Collaborative Genomic Studies on Mental Disorders] Manual for DIGS versions 1.0 to 4.0/BP may be downloaded from this website


[[Category:Classification systems]]
[[Category:Psychiatric research]]

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