The Addiction Severity Index: A field study of internal consistency and validity

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-135

  Leonhard, Christoph ^a   Mulvey, Kevin ^b   Gastfriend, David R ^a   Shwartz, Michael ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction Severity Index; Internal consistency; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BOSTON; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0034005468     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-5472(99)00025-2     Document Type: Article

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