CIDI Training Center
IDRAAC is a regional Training and Resource Center for the Arabic CIDI (Composite International Diagnostic Interview). To date, IDRAAC trained researchers from Oman, UAE, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq and KSA.
Training sessions on the use of the Arabic WMH-CIDI are offered and these training sessions last between 3-5 days at the end of which trainees will be able to administer the WMH-CID*I (PAPI) form, have access to its data entry program, diagnostic algorithms to generate DSM-V and ICD-10 diagnoses as well as restricted web pages of the WMH-CIDI instrument.
For more information on the content, dates, training fees, please contact us at
idraac@idraac.org.
*The WMH-CIDI is a lay administered psychiatric diagnostic interview that generates diagnoses according to the definitions and criteria of both ICD and DSM. It is a comprehensive, fully structured diagnostic interview that assesses a wide range of lifetime and mental health disorders (depression, mania, panic disorder, phobias, generalized anxiety disorder, substance use problems, post traumatic stress disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, psychosis, gambling, eating disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,….), as well as other chronic medical conditions (diabetes, stroke, heart problems, hypertension, cancer,…). Moreover, it gathers information on disability and quality of life, utilization of services, use of medications and a number of different risk factors including (family history, childhood experiences, social life, marital life, employment history, religious beliefs and commitments, war exposure and displacement).
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