Is the addiction severity index a reliable and valid assessment instrument among clients with severe and persistent mental illness and substance abuse disorders?

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 213-227

  Zanis, David A ^a,c   McLellan, A Thomas ^a   Corse, Sara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0030903028     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025085310814     Document Type: Article

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