Preliminary evaluation of the utility of parental ratings in a Child Network

: Children in the US have a high incidence of psychiatric disorders, but the symptoms of these illnesses are often poorly recognized and treated. We thus created a Child Network for parents of children aged 2-12 to rate their child on a weekly basis on a secure website so that longitudinal ratings could be easily visualized. : After giving informed consent, parents filled out: a one-time questionnaire and a 97 item Child Checklist; and then...