title: NetSCID-5
text: # NetSCID-5
  
  The NetSCID-5 is an online version of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5, developed and marketed in consultation with the SCID-5 authors by TeleSage, Inc. in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  
  NetSCID-5 is offered as an online service with user accounts and payment per-administration. Diagnoses and response data are made available in the form of reports and raw data download.
  
  TeleSage currently offers the NetSCID-5 in Research, Clinician, and Personality Disorders versions. The content (e.g. text, branching and scoring) of each of these instruments is intended to match the corresponding paper version.
  
  Initial development was funded by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. Public availability was announced June 30, 2017.
  
  ## Acceptance
  
  The NetSCID-5 has been used in clinical studies, such as:
  
  * Lithium treatment for bipolar disorder vs healthy subjects
  * Comorbidities with emetophobia
  * Heart failure multimorbidities
  
  Training on the use of the NetSCID-5 has been offered by independent organizations.
  
  Experience with NetSCID-5 has been listed as a qualification in job postings.
  
  Computerized versions of mental health interviews has been suggested by some research to result in fewer branching and scoring errors compared to pencil-and-paper versions of the same instruments.
  
  ## Competitors
  
  An electronic versions of the SCID-5 instrument is also offered with eInterview from Sunilion Software
  
  