Subtyping of substance use disorders in a high-risk welfare-to-work sample: A latent class analysis

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 366-374

  Schwartz, Bruce ^a   Wetzler, Scott ^a   Swanson, Arthur ^a   Sung, Sharon C ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Co occurring disorders; Latent class analysis; Substance abuse; Substance dependence; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLASSIFICATION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL WELFARE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952228908     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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