title: The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R (SCID). I: History, rationale, and description.
abstract: The history, rationale, and development of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R (SCID) is described. The SCID is a semistructured interview for making the major Axis I DSM-III-R diagnoses. It is administered by a clinician and includes an introductory overview followed by nine modules, seven of which represent the major axis I diagnostic classes. Because of its modular construction, it can be adapted for use in studies in which particular diagnoses are not of interest. Using a decision tree approach, the SCID guides the clinician in testing diagnostic hypotheses as the interview is conducted. The output of the SCID is a record of the presence or absence of each of the disorders being considered, for current episode (past month) and for lifetime occurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Spitzer
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gibbon
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: First
mesh_terms: D003663:Decision Trees; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000266:history / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D009626:Terminology as Topic