SCID-II

Question 1

Order of disorders tested

Answer 1

Cluster A (DAO)
Passive-Agressive PD
Depressive PD
Cluster C (PSS)
Cluster B (HNBA)

Finally, PDNOS

Question 2

Criteria

Answer 2

?, 1, 2 or 3

? = inadequate information to code

1= absent or false

2 = subthreshold (almost but not quite)

3 = Threshold or true

Question 3

Administering SCID-II

Answer 3

After Axis I SCID evaluation, and if that has not yet been administered: Unstructured clinical interview reviewing the major axis I disorders. This is because:

• To help identify any circumscribed periods during which an Axis I disorder may have occured
• To obtain background info that is useful in evaluation of the responses to SCID-II questions