Utility of the time-line follow-back to assess substance use among homeless adults

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 145-153

  Sacks, Jo Ann Y ^a   Drake, Robert E ^b   Williams, Valerie F ^c   Banks, Steven M ^d   Herrell, James M ^e  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Policy Research Associates Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Center for Substance Abuse Treatment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FOLLOW UP; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037341738     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NMD.0000054930.03048.64     Document Type: Article

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