Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Personality Disorders (SCID-II)

...a wonderfully practical approach to the diagnosis of personality disorders that will greatly improve clinical practice... -- Allen Frances, M.D., Chair, DSM-IV Task Force, Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

...the SCID-II has been a welcome and much needed method for assessment of Axis II disorders -- John M. Oldham, M.D., Director, New York State Psychiatric Institute , Professor and Associate Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York

...will be of value to all researchers and clinicians with an interest in the diagnosis and assessment of personality disorders -- Daniel N. Klein, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York

The SCID-II is an extremely valuable tool that should be used in a variety of settings... -- Melanie M. Biggs, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Licensed Psychologist, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Department of Psychiatry, Dallas, Texas

[T]he SCID-II is a significant step beyond more impressionistic clinical diagnoses of personality disorders -- Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic

The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Personality Disorders (SCID-II) is an efficient, user-friendly instrument that will help researchers and clinicians make standardized, reliable, and accurate diagnoses of the 10 DSM-IV Axis II personality disorders as well as depressive personality disorder, passive-aggressive personality disorder, and personality disorder not otherwise specified. Now compatible with DSM-IV, the interview questions have been redesigned to reflect the subject's inner experience. This instrument begins with a brief overview that characterizes the subject's typical behavior and relationships and elicits information about the subject's capacity for self-reflection. It then considers each of the personality disorders in detail.

The User's Guide provides instructions on how to use the SCID-II effectively. It contains sections describing the rationale and structure of the SCID-II and a detailed item-by-item commentary on the SCID-II. A sample case is also included to help clinicians learn to use the SCID-II.