Making consent more informed: Preliminary results from a multiple-choice test among probation-referred marijuana users entering a randomized clinical trial

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 354-359

  Rounsaville, Daniel B ^a   Hunkele, Karen ^b   Easton, Caroline J ^b   Nich, Charla ^b   Carroll, Kathleen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PROBATION; PSYCHOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54949100737     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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