The DSM Guided Cannabis Screen (DSM-G-CS): Description, reliability, factor structure and empirical scoring with a clinical sample

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1095-1100

  Alexander, Dale ^a   Leung, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis screening; Cannabis use disorders; DSM Guided Cannabis Screen (DSM G CS); DSM 5; Marijuana screening

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL GUIDED CANNABIS SCREEN; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARIJUANA SCREENING INVENTORY; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VARIANCE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961127671     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.06.008     Document Type: Article

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