SCI-SAS
Structured Clinical Interview for Separation Anxiety Symptoms (SCI-SAS)
The SCI-SAS is a structured clinical interview designed to assess separation anxiety symptoms, mainly in adults, with a retrospective exploration of manifestations during childhood and of symptoms in adulthood. It helps the psychologist or psychiatrist objectively document the presence, intensity and impact of symptoms related to separation from an attachment figure. This tool is particularly useful for identifying adult separation anxiety disorder, for differential diagnosis with anxiety disorders and for in-depth clinical assessment in specialized consultations.
- Number of questions
- 16 questions
- Estimated duration
- 20 minutes
- Language
- English
- Original name
- Structured Clinical Interview for Separation Anxiety Symptoms
- Target audience
- Adults
- Authors
- Vijaya Manicavasagar, Derrick Silove (2003)
- Category
- Emotional dependency, Anxiety
Scoring & interpretation
The interview is scored by the clinician. Each symptom is rated in the childhood and adulthood sections according to its presence and its clinical severity or frequency, then the scores are summed by section and overall. Higher scores indicate more marked separation anxiety symptoms. Diagnostic interpretation is based on the number of significant symptoms, their duration, their functional impact and their consistency with the clinical criteria for separation anxiety disorder.
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