SCID-5
Pronunciation: SKID-five
Also written as: SCID-5 — Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 Disorders
Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 Disorders, a semi-structured diagnostic interview tool.
Full Definition
The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 Disorders (SCID-5) is a widely used semi-structured diagnostic interview that helps clinicians and researchers make reliable psychiatric diagnoses based on DSM-5 criteria. The SCID-5 provides standardized questions and decision trees to systematically assess mental health disorders. It exists in multiple versions including research (SCID-5-RV) and clinical (SCID-5-CV) variants, with modules covering different disorder categories such as mood, psychotic, and anxiety disorders.
Usage
Usage note: Note the hyphen placement: SCID-5, not SCID5. Specify which version (RV, CV) when mentioned.
In Context
- "All participants underwent diagnostic assessment using the SCID-5 research version administered by trained clinicians." — Methods section
- "The SCID-5 showed excellent inter-rater reliability with kappa coefficients above 0.85 for all major diagnostic categories." — Validation study