The Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (Fourth Edition) is the standard interview to evaluate criteria for a psychiatric diagnosis, including that of alcohol dependence and substance use disorders as well as mood and anxiety disorders that are frequently comorbid with alcohol dependence.30 It is a structured interview consisting of 11 modules with between 35 and 292 items per module that takes about 120 to 180 minutes. Interrater reliability was continuously monitored for these interviews that were conducted by trained mental health care professionals.