Severity of heroin dependence in Taiwan: Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS[Ch])

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1590-1593

  Chen, Vincent Chin Hung ^a,b   Chen, Hong ^c   Lin, Tsang Yaw ^c   Chou, Hwey Hwang ^d   Lai, Te Jen ^a,b   Ferri, Cleusa P ^e   Gossop, Michael ^e  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Tsaotun Psychiatric Center Department of Health   (Taiwan)

^d Taichung Drug Abuser Treatment Center   (Taiwan)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heroin; Psychometrics; Reliability; SDS; Validity

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEVERITY OF DEPENDENCE SCALE; TAIWAN; VALIDITY;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN;

EID: 53049096372     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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