For making accurate and formal diagnoses of dissociative identity disorder, there is no better assessment instrument than the SCID. Because of the detailed, nonpathologizing discussion of dissociative symptoms it encourages, the SCID-D facilitates gathering a detailed understanding of the client's symptoms and struggles that can be invaluable in any trauma therapy. Even when there is no immediate need for formal assessment and diagnosis, the therapist who is curious and concerned about a client's dissociative symptoms can still benefit from utilizing portions of the SCID-D as the work of information-gathering in therapy naturally proceeds. Many of the SCID-D questions can simply be incorporated into the therapeutic dialogue.