The World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) is a structured interview for psychiatric disorders. As the interview is designed for epidemiological studies, it can be administered by those who are not clinically trained and can be completed in a short amount of time. Versions of the CIDI were used in two important studies, the National Comorbidity Survey (NCS)[1]
and National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R)[2]
which are often used as a reference for estimates of the rates of psychiatric illness in the USA.
The first version of the CIDI was published in 1988,[3] and has been periodically updated to reflect the changing diagnostic criteria of DSM and ICD.
The Composite International Diagnostic Interview – Short Form (CIDI-SF) was first published by Ronald C. Kessler and colleagues in 1998,[4]
and the PhenX Toolkit uses this as its adult protocol for general psychiatric assessment.[5] However, the CIDI-SF is no longer supported.[6] According to a 2007 memo by Kessler, this decision was based on decreased need for the CIDI-SF following the introduction of other short interviews (specifically, PRIME-MD and MINI) and a lack of funding to refine the instrument.[7]
^Blazer DG, Kessler RC, McGonagle KA, Swartz MS (July 1994). "The prevalence and distribution of major depression in a national community sample: The National Comorbidity Survey". American Journal of Psychiatry. 151 (7): 979–86. doi:10.1176/ajp.151.7.979. PMID8010383.
^Kessler RC, Andrews G, Mroczek D, Ustun B, Wittchen HU (November 1998). "The World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview short-form (CIDI-SF)". International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research. 7 (4): 171–185. doi:10.1002/mpr.47. S2CID73074612.
^"About the WHO WMH-CIDI". World Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic Interview. 2017. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
^Kessler R (17 August 2007). "CIDI-SF Memo"(PDF). World Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic Interview. Archived(PDF) from the original on 21 October 2015.