The very high reliability of the Thai version of the MINI is noteworthy in the current study. Several other factors might also be relevant to the MINI’s high reliability in the current study, including adaptation of the instrument for lifetime as compared to current dependence, prior experience of the interview team with the Thai MINI, and/or the evaluation of the instrument in a primary substance-dependent population (e.g., in contrast to assessments of substance dependence in primary psychiatric populations, as was initially the case for the instrument) (Sheehan et al., 1998).
