The validity of DSM-IV cannabis abuse and dependence criteria in adolescents and the value of additional cannabis use indicators

Addiction

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1137-1145

  Piontek, Daniela ^a   Kraus, Ludwig ^a   Legleye, Stéphane ^b,c,d,e   Bühringer, Gerhard ^a,f  

^a IFT INSTITUT FÜR THERAPIEFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^c French Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addictions   (France)

^d Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^f DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abuse; Adolescents; Cannabis; Dependence; Diagnostics; Item response theory (IRT)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955924674     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03359.x     Document Type: Article

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