Handbook of Diagnostic and Structured Interviewing

Abstract

This work aims to review, compare, and contrast each of the major structured diagnostic instruments, focusing on the Diagnostic Interview Scale (DIS), the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia, and the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Disorders (SCID), as well as more specific interviews for children and adolescents and for Axis II disorders. Purely research instruments, such as the Diagnostic Interview for Genetic Studies, and focused forensic interviews directed at assessing psychopathy and competency, are also addressed. Handbooks such as this one serve a necessary role as a reference for researchers and clinicians seeking to structure clinical service delivery. The reviewer suggests that one criticism might be that the author's own work in developing one instrument (Structured Interview of Related Symptoms) results in a chapter equivalent in length to that afforded the DIS and the SCID. This observation aside, this text is seen as an authoritative one that fulfills an essential need. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)