sorry I havent been back to this thread you asked if the questions on the DES want to know it its per 24 hours or day, the new versions does take into consideration time frames like per day, per hour. it is a self evaluation what the test taker feels. then the test takers responses are compared to other test results. the newest version also has a long form and a short form. the short form is not that long and is not the percentages form. you might want to ask your treatment provider for the short one instead.

the SCID-D here in america we are not on the SCID-D. the SCID -D is dated 1994. in may 2013 the american psychiatric association put out new versions that with completely different worded interview questions. The new test questions are not found online for people to take a free test online. it is a manual \ book that treatment providers buy in a book format for 80 to 100 dollars.

this newer test is for many mental disorders and has many different versions. the test taker never knows ahead of time which version of the new SCID test they are taking. the test is usually given more than once... first when the test taker does not realize they are being tested to get an impartial non biased non manipulated result then to get the comparison result scores. things this test looks for is AD/HD, bipolar, depression, anxiety, and psychotic schizophrenic disorders, all the mental disorders america now lists in the personality disorder category... the questions on dissociation in this test are not related to the severe forms of dissociation like DID. many mental disorders now include dissociative like symptoms.

to prepare for it you can contact your treatment provider and ask if you can take a sample test. the treatment provider will pull out her book and read you the sample test questions to you. the sample questions are basic daily living oral type questions.