Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 Disorders – Clinical Version

SCID-5-CV is now available!

The author of the Polish adaptation of the SCID-5-CV is Dr Emilia Wrocławska-Warchala. The tool is intended, among others, for clinical and forensic psychologists as well as psychiatrists. SCID-5-CV is a semi-structured diagnostic interview designed for the assessment of disorders included in the DSM-5®. It may be administered either in its entirety or in a modular format, depending on the purpose of the assessment and the clinical context in which it is used.

Applications include:

• The full interview can be administered, for example, at psychiatric hospital admission or in forensic contexts, to ensure a comprehensive evaluation of mental status.
• Individual modules may be used when the patient presents with, or reports, symptoms characteristic of a specific diagnostic category, in order to confirm whether full criteria are met.
• Selected modules are especially useful for differential diagnosis within a given category of disorders, and for ruling out the impact of a general medical condition (somatic illness) or of substance/medication use.
• In research settings, the SCID-5-CV may be applied to select participant groups or to characterize research samples in terms of current and past psychiatric disorders.
• In educational contexts, the interview can be used for training in clinical interviewing and in the recognition of psychiatric disorders.

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