Screening for alcoholism among medical inpatients: How important is corroboration of patient self-report?

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1393-1398

  Chermack, Stephen T ^a,d   Singer, Kathleen ^b   Beresford, Thomas P ^c,d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Collateral; Screening; Self report; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0031758517     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb03925.x     Document Type: Article

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