Sources of unreliability in the diagnosis of substance dependence

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 475-481

  Feinn, Richard ^a   Gelernter, Joel ^a   Cubells, Joseph F ^c   Farrer, Lindsay ^d   Kranzler, Henry R ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; COCAINE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED ASSESSMENT FOR DRUG DEPENDENCE AND ALCOHOLISM; SEX RATIO; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 68949213108     PISSN: 19371888     EISSN: 19384114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2009.70.475     Document Type: Article

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