What is the SCIP?
The Standard for Clinicians’ Interview in Psychiatry (SCIP) is a newly developed, valid, and reliable assessment tool for adult psychiatric disorders. Designed for use by clinicians and researchers, the SCIP was tested between 2000 and 2020 in an international multisite study conducted in the USA, Canada, and Egypt, with a total sample of 1,064 participants. It generates diagnoses aligned with the criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD).
The SCIP is unique as it is the only tool specifically designed for measurement-based care (MBC). It includes 18 clinician-administered scales covering a broad range of adult psychiatric symptoms, including anxiety, obsessions, compulsions, posttraumatic stress, depression, mania, delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thoughts, aggression, negative symptoms, alcohol use, drug use, attention deficit, hyperactivity, anorexia, binge-eating, and bulimia. Additionally, 15 self-administered versions of the SCIP scales have been developed for anxiety, obsessions, compulsions, posttraumatic stress, depression, mania, delusions, hallucinations, alcohol use, drug use, attention deficit, hyperactivity, anorexia, binge-eating, and bulimia. The SCIP also includes 8 research versions for PTSD, depression, mania, hallucinations, delusions, aggression, alcohol use, and drug use.
