Dissociation : Vol. 6, No. 1, p. 003-015 : Clinical assessment of dissociative symptoms and disorders: the structured clinical interview for DSM-IV dissociative disorders (SCID-D)
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Date
1993-03
Authors
Steinberg, Marlene, 1953-
Cicchetti, Domenic
Buchanan, Josephine
Hall, Pamela
Rounsaville, Bruce
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Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality and Dissociation
Abstract
Early detection of dissociative symptoms is essential for effective initiation of appropriate treatment. The author reviews a new diagnostic tool, the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Dissociative Disorders (SCID-D) (Steinberg, 1993), which comprehensively evaluates the severity of five posttraumatic dissociative symptoms (amnesia, depersonalization, derealization, identity confusion, identity alteration) and the dissociative disorders. Several investigations have reported good-to-excellent reliability and validity of the SCID-D. This article describes the clinical assessment of dissociative symptoms, as well as the diagnosis of dissociative disorders using the SCID-D, based upon research at Yale University involving over 400 interviews over a 10-year time period. It is recommended that screening for dissociative disorders, as described in the SCID-D and the Interviewer's Guide to the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Dissociative Disorders (SCID-D) (Steinberg, 1993), be included in the diagnostic evaluation of patients with either dissociative symptoms or with suspected/documented histories of trauma.
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p. 003-015