Semi-structured Clinical Interview for Children and Adolescents (SCICA/6-18)

Age: 6-18 years

Time: 60-90 minutes

The Semi-structured Clinical Interview for Children and Adolescents 6-18 (SCICA 6-18) maximises the value of interviews with a flexible user-friendly protocol, plus forms on which interviewers rate their observations and children’s self-reports during the interview.

The SCICA Protocol provides open-ended questions covering children’s activities and school performance, peer relations, family relations, self-perceptions, feelings, and parent/teacher-reported problems.

Interviewers rate the child on the SCICA Observation and Self-Report Forms - Forms are scorable by the interviewer or observers.

Empirically Based Syndrome Scales

• Anxious*
• Withdrawn/Depressed*
• Language/Motor Problems*
• Attention Problems*
• Self-Control Problems*
• Anxious/Depressed**
• Aggressive/Rule Breaking Behavior**
• Somatic Complaints**

* - Based on Interviewers’ observations

** - Based on Interviewees’ self-reports

DSM Oriented Scales

• Affective Problems
• Anxiety Problems
• Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Problems (Inattention and Hyperactivity-Impulsivity subscales)
• Oppositional Defiant Problems
• Conduct Problems

The SCICA may only be administered and scored by hand.