Subjective appraisal of problem severity and the ASI: Secondary data or second opinion?

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 445-449

  Brown, Thomas G ^a   Seraganian, Peter ^b   Shields, Norm ^b  

^a Pavilion Foster Addiction Treatment Program   (Canada)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Severity; Subjective appraisal; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT INFORMATION; RESEARCH; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0033403046     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.1999.10471775     Document Type: Article

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