Lay-interviewer training protocol for the WHO Flexible Interview for ICD-11 for the National Mental Health Survey – 2 (India)

Assessment with SDIs ensures standardization of data collection and diagnostic precision. Training further minimizes human errors by ensuring uniformity in administration of the instrument. The FLII-11, being free to use when eventually published by the WHO, has the potential to be the SDI of choice with wide applications in clinical practice, research, and training in our country. The FLII-11 has been translated to 22 Indian languages for the NMHS-2, further widening its utility. The interviewer training resources (power-point presentations, training/rating videos, and scoring sheets) will be made available on request (https://www.elearn.nimhans.ac.in.), for those who have received permission of usage of FLII-11 from the WHO.