
NetSCID-5
The evolution of the SCID
(Structural Clinical Interview for the DSM-5)
Administer the Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-5 online.
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Fully licensed by the American Psychiatric Association
The NetSCID-5 is the first computerized version of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 (SCID-5) and is fully licensed by the American Psychiatric Association through American Psychiatric Association Publishing.
It follows TeleSage’s successful development and implementation of the NetSCID-IV, which has been used in hundreds of research studies. Both were developed in consultation with the author of the SCID, Dr. Michael First, and were made possible by SBIR grants from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH USA).
NetSCID Versions
- Research (NetSCID-5-RV) now also available in Spanish
- Clinical (NetSCID-5-CV)
- Personality Disorder (NetSCID-5-PD)
“I participated in the development, validation and end user testing of the NetSCID. The NetSCID is faithful to the content of the paper SCID and at least as reliable and valid.”
Michael B. First, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Columbia University
“I have enjoyed using the NetSCID as a diagnostic tool. The NetSCID is user friendly and makes clinical interviews run more smoothly.”
Jessica Varner, MSW
Washington University in St. Louis–
“As a PI, I really appreciate the savings in time and resources associated with the NetSCID — the NetSCID is easier to use and more efficient than the paper SCID.”
Heidemarie Laurent, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of Oregon
Accurate
Improves the accuracy of diagnostic results. For more information, see the validation section below.
Customized
Administer the interview that is right for you and your client. Select the relevant modules to administer. NetSCID-5 branches the user to the next appropriate question based on previous input. Progress is summarized on-screen.
Easy to Use
No special software is needed – only an up-to-date browser and internet connection. Administer via computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone.
Secure
Data is kept secure and reliable on encrypted, geo-redundant servers. The entire system is fully HIPAA-compliant.
More Praise for NetSCID
“NetSCID provides an easily accessible and easy to navigate alternative to paper administration of the SCID. It allows you to engage more with the client as you are not overly occupied with trying to following the branching instructions of the paper SCID. NetSCID is definitely the future, particularly as organisations are increasingly moving toward a purely electronic approach to practice, including note taking. Once you start to use the NetSCID and practice with it the advantages speak for themselves.”
Professor Jane L. Ireland
Ashworth High Secure Hospital, Mersey Care NHS Trust
School of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire
“Our study involved conducting over 1,000 interviews using the NetSCID. The SCID requires interviewers to follow skips and make calculations while maintaining a good rapport with the client and making sense of symptoms. The NetSCID greatly simplifies this process. We found that using the NetSCID substantially improved both our accuracy and efficiency. The NetSCID saves time and expenditure in data entry as data is entered during the course of the interview. Overall, the NetSCID made a critical contribution to our study – we can’t imagine how difficult our task would have been without it.”
Melissa Connell, PhD
Clinical Supervisor
The University of Queensland
AUSTRALIA
“We thoroughly love working with the NetSCID. Using a computer-based administration for the SCID has shortened assessment time and made it easier to obtain reliability across raters. Having the computer automatically skip unwarranted sections saves more time and helps improve rapport with patients since there is no need to stop the interview while searching for the next appropriate module. It has also decreased rater frustration by smoothly guiding the assessment from one module to the next without interruption.
Marna S. Barrett, PhD
Research Projects Manager, Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
“As someone responsible for maintaining the inter-rater reliability of SCID interviewers at Vanderbilt University, I have been struck by how much easier it is to gather and process information with the NetSCID than the paper SCID. I have found that when interviewers focus less on branching decisions, they are better able to listen to clients and ask better follow-up questions. We no longer need to pay someone to enter data retrospectively, and we don’t need to photocopy and store vast amounts of paper. I never want to go back to the paper SCID!”
Kirsten L. Haman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University
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