Screening for emotional disorders in patients with cancer using the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) and the BSI-18 versus a standardized psychiatric interview (the World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview).

The BSI appeared to have acceptable diagnostic accuracy compared with a standardized psychiatric interview. For the BSI-18, it is mandatory to use alternative case-rule systems, to identify patients with psychiatric morbidity. Cancer 2018;124:2415-26. © 2018 American Cancer Society.