Letter to the Editor: The proposed 2/11 symptom algorithm for DSM-5 substance-use disorders is too lenient

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2008-2010

  Martin, Christopher S ^a   Steinley, Douglas L ^b   Vergés, Alvaro ^b   Sher, Kenneth J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ALGORITHM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PREVALENCE;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 80054875304     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711000717     Document Type: Letter

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