Product Description

This efficient, user-friendly instrument will help clinicians make standardized, reliable, and accurate diagnoses and avoid the common problem of “premature closure”—the premature focus on one diagnostic possibility. It will also help clinicians of all levels of experience improve their clinical assessment and interviewing techniques and provides extensive documentation of the diagnostic process, an essential procedure in today's managed care world. Specifically adapted from the research standard for Axis I structured clinical interviewing for use in clinical settings, the SCID-I covers those DSM-IV diagnoses most commonly seen by clinicians and includes the diagnostic criteria for these disorders with corresponding interview questions. The SCID-I is divided into six self-contained modules that can be administered in sequence: mood episodes; psychotic symptoms; psychotic disorders; mood disorders; substance use disorders; and anxiety, adjustment, and other disorders.

The User's Guide provides instructions on how to use the SCID-I effectively. It contains sections describing the rationale and structure of the SCID-I and detailed discussions on how to assess the specific DSM-IV criteria. A number of sample cases are also included to help clinicians learn how to use SCID-I.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #62224 in Books
• Published on: 1997-01-01
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .46" h x 8.50" w x 11.05" l, .93 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 132 pages

Allen Frances, M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Dr. First is a pioneer in helping the busy clinician perform the most efficient and accurate clinical interview. This book is a must for every practitioner

A. John Rush, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas
If you are already using structured approaches to diagnosis or would want to see what this 60 to 90-minute interview can do for your practice, or if you are teaching or learning to apply DSM-IV in the clinic, this is a must read

Stanley Rosenberg, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Director, Psychology Training, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Dartmouth Medical School Department of Psychiatry, Lebanon, New Hampshire
Having used previous versions of the SCID for both research and clinical purposes, and having taught the SCID to several generations of trainees using earlier versions, I find the new SCID to be a major step forward in every regard.