Institute of Psychiatry Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN) Records

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0100 KCLCA IOP/SCAN
Held at	: King's College London College Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/library/archivespec/ ›
Full title	: Institute of Psychiatry Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN) Records
Date(s)	: 1986-1995
Level of description	: Sub-fonds of King's College London Archives
Extent	: 11 archive boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Institute of Psychiatry and Medical Research Council
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Institute of Psychiatry was opened in 1923 as the medical school of the Maudsley Hospital, which was established in 1914 to treat the mentally ill. It was recognised by the University of London and changed its name to the Institute of Psychiatry in 1948, before becoming a school of King's College London in 1997. The Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN) were developed under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO) and its International Classification of Diseases as a common set of standards to assess, measure and classify psychiatric disorders. The prototype was devised in 1980 and subsequent components such as training manuals, schedules, results of field trials and glossary were published up until 1998. SCAN is used as a classification and reference tool by psychiatrists and comprises a structured interview, encoding and computer programme to produce a standard diagnostic presentation.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

The records of the Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN) at King's College London Institute of Psychiatry are made up of editorial committee papers, data tables, statistical data, notes of meetings and other correspondence and papers, 1986-1995. These include correspondence with Geoff Der of the Social Psychiatry Unit at the Institute, 1988-1995; editorial committee papers, 1986-1994; notes on international meetings arranged by Geoff Der relating to SCAN, 1989; field trial data in hard copy and floppy disks, [1989]; training manuals, reviews of statistics and other supporting literature, 1987-1991.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Boxed as accessioned

Conditions governing access:

Administrative records are closed for 30 years. Hospital records are closed for 100 years.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services.

Finding aids:

This summary and online detailed catalogue.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Institute of Psychiatry, 2001.

Allied Materials

Related material:

King's College London Archives: Records of the Camberwell Psychiatric Case Register (Ref: KCLCA IOP/CAM).

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Geoff Browell.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
November 2001