# NCS-2 Interview Schedule and Respondent Booklet Note to all users: The Principal investigator of the NCS-2 is Ronald Kessler Ph.D. Kessler is a Professor in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School. Co-investigators of this study are: William Eaton, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of Mental Hygiene at The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health; Jane McLeod, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology, Indiana University; and Elaine Wethington, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Human Development, Cornell University. Please note: if you are unable to download the below .pdf files, you will need to install [Adobe Acrobat](http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html) on your computer. Sort**Section and Title****Size****Last Updated**[NCS-2 Copyright Statement (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20Copyright_Kessler.pdf "NCS-2 Copyright Statement") 7 KB [NCS-2 Section Order (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20Section%20Order.pdf "NCS-2 Section Order") 117 KB (v2) 10/12/01 [NCS-2 Section 1: Screener (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20Screener.pdf "NCS-2 Section 1: Screener (PDF)") 430 KB (v6) 04/18/01 [NCS-2 Section 2: Depression (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20Depression.pdf "NCS-2 Section 2: Depression") 511 KB (v7) 07/25/01 [NCS-2 Section 3: Mania (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20Mania.pdf "NCS-2 Section 3: Mania (PDF)") 126 KB (v4) 01/29/01 [NCS-2 Section 4: Irritable Depression (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20Irritable%20Depression.pdf "NCS-2 Section 4: Irritable Depression (PDF)") 154 KB (v5) 07/25/01 [NCS-2 Section 5: Panic 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Section 11: Suicidality (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20Suicidality.pdf "NCS-2 Section 11: Suicidality (PDF)") 178 KB (v3) 02/06/01 [NCS-2 Section 12: Substance (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20Substance.pdf "NCS-2 Section 12: Substance (PDF)") 711 KB (v6) 09/10/01 [NCS-2 Section 13: Services (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20Services.pdf "NCS-2 Section 13: Services (PDF)") 236 KB (v4) 02/06/01 [NCS-2 Section 14: Pharmacoepidemiology (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20Pharm%20Epi.pdf "NCS-2 Section 14: Pharmacoepidemiology (PDF)") 420 KB (v3) 02/06/01 [NCS-2 Section 15: Personality 1 (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20Personality1.pdf "NCS-2 Section 15: Personality 1 (PDF)") 200 KB (v2) 02/06/01 [NCS-2 Section 16: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20PTSD.pdf "NCS-2 Section 16: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PDF)") 701 KB (v12) 08/28/01 [NCS-2 Section 17: Chronic Conditions (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20Chronic%20Conditions.pdf "NCS-2 Section 17: Chronic Conditions (PDF)") 417 KB (v3) 02/01/01 [NCS-2 Section 18: Neurasthenia (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20Neurasthenia.pdf "NCS-2 Section 18: Neurasthenia (PDF)") 200 KB (v4) 02/02/01 [NCS-2 Section 19: 30-Day Functioning (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%2030-Day%20Functioning.pdf "NCS-2 Section 19: 30-Day Functioning (PDF)") 148 KB (v4) 02/02/01 [NCS-2 Section 20: 30-day Symptoms (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%2030-day%20Symptoms.pdf "NCS-2 Section 20: 30-day Symptoms (PDF)") 127 KB (v2) 02/02/01 [NCS-2 Section 21: Tobacco (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20Tobacco.pdf "NCS-2 Section 21: Tobacco (PDF)") 235 KB (v5) 02/02/01 [NCS-2 Section 22: Premenstrual Syndrome (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20PMS.pdf "NCS-2 Section 22: Premenstrual Syndrome (PDF)") 153 KB (v3) 02/02/01 [NCS-2 Section 23: Employment (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20Employment.pdf "NCS-2 Section 23: Employment (PDF)") 834 KB (v7) 06/14/01 [NCS-2 Section 24: Finance (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20Finance.pdf "NCS-2 Section 24: Finance (PDF)") 314 KB (v5) 10/04/01 [NCS-2 Section 25: Marriage (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20Marriage.pdf "NCS-2 Section 25: Marriage (PDF)") 704 KB (v13) 09/06/01 [NCS-2 Section 26: Children (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20Children.pdf "NCS-2 Section 26: Children (PDF)") 280 KB (v5) 02/06/01 [NCS-2 Section 27: Social Networks (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20Social%20Networks.pdf "NCS-2 Section 27: Social Networks (PDF)") 347 KB (v5) 02/06/01 [NCS-2 Section 28: Life Events (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20Life%20events.pdf "NCS-2 Section 28: Life Events (PDF)") 47 KB (v3) 02/02/01 [NCS-2 Section 29: Adult Demographics (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20Adult%20Demographics.pdf "NCS-2 Section 29: Adult Demographics (PDF)") 142 KB (v4) 02/06/01 [NCS-2 Section 30: Childhood Demographics (PDF) ](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20Demographics%20I%28DE%29.pdf "NCS-2 Section 30: Childhood Demographics (PDF) ") 97 KB (v3) 02/02/01 [NCS-2 Section 31: Childhood (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20Childhood.pdf "NCS-2 Section 31: Childhood (PDF)") 342 KB (v4) 04/17/01 [NCS-2 Section 32: Attention Deficit Disorder (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20Attention%20Deficit%20Disorder.pdf "NCS-2 Section 32: Attention Deficit Disorder (PDF)") 250 KB (v6) 02/02/01 [NCS-2 Section 33: Oppositional Defiant Disorder (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/NCS2%20Oppositional%20Defiant%20Disorder.pdf "NCS-2 Section 33: Oppositional Defiant Disorder (PDF)") 137 KB (v3) 02/02/01 [NCS-2 Section 34: Conduct Disorder 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Dementia - Paper Only (PDF)") 154 KB (v3) 02/02/01 [NCS-2 Respondent Booklet (PDF)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/2026-03/Panel%20RBOOKLET.pdf "NCS-2 Respondent Booklet (PDF)") 553 KB (v2) 09/06/01