Authors: Bruce, M.D. Pfohl, Nancee Blum, Mark Zimmerman
Updated for DSM-IV, the Structured
Interview for DSM-IV Personality (SIDP-IV) is a semistructured interview that uses nonpejorative questions to examine behavior and personality traits from the
patient's perspective. The SIDP-IV is organized by topic sections rather than disorder to allow for a more natural conversational flow, a method that gleans useful information from related interview questions and produces a more accurate diagnosis. Designed as a follow-up to a general psychiatric interview and chart review that assesses
episodic psychiatric disorders, the SIDP-IV helps the interviewer to more easily distinguish lifelong behavior from temporary states that result from an episodic…
