Severity of dependence scale as a diagnostic tool for heroin and cocaine dependence

European Addiction Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-93

  González Sáiz, Francisco ^a   Domingo Salvany, Antònia ^b,c   Barrio, Gregorio ^c,d   Sánchez Niubó, Albert ^b   Brugal, M Teresa ^c,e   De La Fuente, Luís ^c,f   Alonso, Jordi ^b,c  

^a Fundacion Andaluza para la Atencion a Las Drogodependencias e Incorporacion Social   (Spain)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Heroin; Psychometrics; Severity of dependence scale; Substance dependence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH INTERVIEW FOR SUBSTANCE AND MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SEVERITY OF DEPENDENCE SCALE; SPAIN; VALIDITY;

COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149341742     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000189787     Document Type: Article

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