The acceptability, reliability and feasibility ofrnAmharic version of the Revised Diagnostic Interview forrnChildren and Adolescent (DICA-R) was evaluated in AddisrnAbaba city by clinician, lay interviewers and respondentsrnfrom different setting.rnA total of 265 respondents included in the age of 6-rn18 years from the community, Amanuel psychiatric Hospitalrn(inpatient and outpatient) and schools (mentallyrndisordered children) were interviewed between 25 June torn28 July, 1997.rninterview byrnOf the 255 respondents who completed anrna clinician and lay interviewers 189rnrespondents had one or more diagnoses, while 66 had norndiagnoses.rnThe clinician and most of the lay interviewers andrnrespondents judged the DICA-R as being acceptable and asrnfeasible for use in different setting. The few concernrnexpressed about the interview was the length of therninterview and difficulties with few of the items.rnThe most frequent life time and six months diagnosesrnby all interviewers were phobia, separation anxiety,rnoveranxious, major depressive episode, conduct disordersrnand enuresis . For any specific diagnoses made with thernfrequency of five or more time, percentage agreementsrnwere above 89% and the kappa values were ranged from 0.72rnto 1 . 00 . The lowest kappa value was for dysthymicrndisorder, while the highest kappa value was for manicrndisorder. It is concluded that the Amharic version ofrnDICA-R is reliable, acceptable and feasible for use.rnSimilar studies using DICA-R in rural communities arernrecommended .