The Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS): psychometric properties of the SDS in English and Australian samples of heroin, cocaine and amphetamine users

Addiction

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 607-614

  GOSSOP, MICHAEL ^a   DARKE, SHANE ^b   GRIFFITHS, PAUL ^a   HANDO, JULIE ^b   POWIS, BEVERLY ^a   HALL, WAYNE ^b   STRANG, JOHN ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHADONE TREATMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0029001094     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.1995.9056072.x     Document Type: Article

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