RESEARCH VERSION

The research version of the SCID is much longer than the Clinician Version because it contains more disorders, subtypes, severity and course specifiers, and provisions for coding the specific details of past mood episodes.  It is designed to include most of the information that is diagnostically useful to researchers.  It is expected that researchers will customize this version of the SCID to fit their needs, choosing only those parts that are relevant to their particular studies.  For this reason, the SCID-I is published in a single-sided page, unbound format. Users of the SCID are also encouraged to modify the instrument to accommodate the requirements of a particular study--for example, by including additional items such as rating scales of severity.  This may require updating the GO TO statements as well.   

There are three ways in which research investigators typically use the SCID.  Most often the SCID is used to select a study population.  For example, in a study of the effectiveness of several treatments for depression, the SCID can be used to insure that all of the study subjects have symptoms that meet the DSM-IV criteria for Major Depressive Disorder.  The SCID is also used to exclude subjects with certain disorders.  For example, in the study mentioned above, the researchers may wish to use the SCID to exclude all patients with a history of any Substance Use Disorder.  Finally, the SCID is often used to characterize a study population in terms of current and past psychiatric diagnoses.  

Two standard editions of the research version of the SCID are available for diagnosing the major Axis I and II disorders. 

The SCID-I/P (Patient Edition) is designed for use with subjects who are identified as psychiatric patients. It contains the following modules: 

SCID-I/P Summary Score Sheet
SCID-I/P Overview
A. Mood Episodes
B. Psychotic and Associated Symptoms
C. Psychotic Disorders
D. Mood Disorders
E. Substance Use Disorders
F. Anxiety Disorders
G. Somatoform Disorders
H. Eating Disorders
I.  Adjustment Disorder
J. Optional Module

For settings in which psychotic disorders are expected to be rare (e.g., an outpatient anxiety clinic) or for studies in which patients with psychotic disorders are being screened out, an abridged edition of the SCID-I/P (SCID-I/P W/ PSYCHOTIC SCREEN) is available.  This edition replaces the B and C modules with a combined B/C module that includes only screening questions about psychotic symptoms, omitting the lengthy psychotic disorders decision tree so that a specific psychotic disorder diagnosis is not made.  In addition, the SCID-I/P (W/PSYCHOTIC SCREEN) has an abridged summary score sheet that does not include psychotic disorders.

The SCID-I/NP (Non-patient Edition) is for use in studies in which the subjects are not identified as psychiatric patients (e.g., community surveys, family studies, research in primary care).  The diagnostic modules of the SCID-I/NP are the same as those of the SCID-I/P (W/PSYCHOTIC SCREEN); the only difference in the two versions is in the Overview section.  In the SCID-I/NP there is no assumption of a chief complaint, and other questions are used to inquire about a history of psychopathology. 

The SCID-I/NP contains the following modules:
SCID-I/NP Summary Score Sheet
SCID-I/NP Overview
A. Mood Episodes
B/C. Psychotic Screening
D. Mood Disorders
E. Substance Use Disorders
F. Anxiety Disorders
G. Somatoform Disorders
H. Eating Disorders
I. Adjustment Disorder
J. Optional Module

It is possible to convert a SCID-I/P into a SCID-I/NP by substituting the appropriate Summary Score Sheet, Overview and Psychotic Screening Module.

The table below indicates the symptoms, episodes, and disorders that are included in the SCID modules.

Table 1: DIAGNOSTIC COVERAGE OF SCID MODULES Module A: Mood Episodes Major Depressive Episode (current/past) Manic Episode (current/past) Hypomanic Episode (current/past) Dysthymic Disorder (current only) Mood Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition Substance-Induced Mood Disorder Module B: Psychotic Symptoms Delusions Hallucinations Disorganized Speech and Behavior Catatonic Behavior Negative Symptoms Module C: Psychotic Disorders Schizophrenia Paranoid Type Catatonic Type Disorganized Type Undifferentiated Type Residual Type Schizophreniform Disorder Schizoaffective Disorder Delusional Disorder Brief Psychotic Disorder Psychotic Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition Substance-Induced Psychotic Disorder Psychotic Disorder Not Otherwise Specified Module D: Mood Disorders Bipolar I Disorder Bipolar II Disorder Other Bipolar Disorders (Cyclothymic Disorder, Bipolar Disorder NOS) Major Depressive Disorder Depressive Disorder Not Otherwise Specified Module E: Substance Use Disorders Alcohol Dependence Alcohol Abuse Amphetamine Dependence Amphetamine Abuse Cannabis Dependence Cannabis Abuse Cocaine Dependence Cocaine Abuse Hallucinogen Dependence Hallucinogen Abuse Opioid Dependence Opioid Abuse Phencyclidine Dependence Phencyclidine Abuse Sedative/Hypnotic/Anxiolytic Dependence Sedative/Hypnotic/Anxiolytic Abuse Polysubstance Dependence Other or Unknown Substance Dependence Other or Unknown Substance Abuse Module F: Anxiety Disorders Panic Disorder With Agoraphobia Panic Disorder Without Agoraphobia Agoraphobia Without History of Panic Disorder Social Phobia Specific Phobia Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Generalized Anxiety Disorder (current only) Anxiety Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition Substance-Induced Anxiety Disorder Anxiety Disorder Not Otherwise Specified Module G: Somatoform Disorders Somatization Disorder (current only) Undifferentiated Somatoform Disorder (current only) Pain Disorder (current only) Hypochondriasis (current only) Body Dysmorphic Disorder  (current only) Module H: Eating Disorders Anorexia Nervosa Bulimia Nervosa Binge Eating Disorder (Appendix category) Module I: Adjustment Disorder Adjustment Disorder (current only) Module J: Optional Module Acute Stress Disorder Minor Depressive Disorder (Appendix category) Mixed Anxiety Depressive Disorder (Appendix category) Symptomatic Details of Past Major Depressive/Manic Episodes