A multidimensional assessment of the validity and utility of alcohol use disorder severity as determined by item response theory models

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-38

  Dawson, Deborah A ^a   Saha, Tulshi D ^a   Grant, Bridget F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorder; Item response theory; Severity; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION VARIABLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL FUNCTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 74749096056     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.08.019     Document Type: Article

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