The<unk>  Axis I Disorders (SCID-I) is a diagnostic exam used to determine<unk> -IV Axis I disorders (major mental disorders). The SCID-II is a diagnostic exam used to determine Axis II disorders (personality disorders). There are at least 700 published studies in which the SCID was the diagnostic instrument used. Major parts of the SCID have been translated into other languages, including Danish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, and Zulu. An Axis I SCID assessment with a psychiatric patient usually takes between 1 and 2 hours, depending on the complexity of the subject's psychiatric history and their ability to clearly describe episodes of current and past symptoms. A SCID with a non-psychiatric patient takes hour to hours. (See editions below.) A SCID-II personality assessment takes about to 1 hour. The instrument was designed to be administered by a mental health professional, for example a psychologist or psychiatrist. This must be someone who has relevant professional training and has had experience performing unstructured, open-ended question, diagnostic evaluations. However, for the purposes of some research studies, non-clinician research assistants, who have extensive experience with the study population in question, and who have demonstrated competence, have been trained to use the SCID. The less<unk>  experience and specific education the potential interviewer has had, the more training is required.
Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV
PTSD Symptom Scale – Self-Report Version
Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression
Child PTSD Symptom Scale
Harvard Review of Psychiatry
Integrated cognitive assessment
Diagnostic Interview for Genetic Studies
Impact of Event Scale - Revised 