Concurrent validity of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and AUDIT zones in defining levels of severity among out-patients with alcohol dependence in the COMBINE study

Addiction

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1696-1704

  Donovan, Dennis M ^a,b,f   Kivlahan, Daniel R ^b,c   Doyle, Suzanne R ^a   Longabaugh, Richard ^d   Greenfield, Shelly F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA Puget Sound Healthcare System   (Australia)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; Assessment; AUDIT; AUDIT zones; Screening; Severity of dependence

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; CARBOHYDRATE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; NALTREXONE; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS IDENTIFICATION TEST; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; RATING SCALE; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 33845455492     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01606.x     Document Type: Article

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