A tool that uses a structured clinical interview to assess for, and diagnose, DSM-IV Axis I mental disorders. Modeled after the Mini International Neuropsychiatry Interview (MINI), a diagnostic tool for adults, the MINI KID comprises 24 mental disorders, each containing its own set of disorder-specific questions, to which children provide Yes or No responses. Several of the disorders contain one to three initial questions that screen a child for that particular disorder. If the child answers “No” to the screening questions, the administrator can skip forward to the following disorder’s questions. The tool requires approximately 15 minutes to administer