“Do you think you have mental health problems?”: Advantages and disadvantages of a single screening question for mental disorder in substance use disorder treatment

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1039-1046

  Veldhuizen, Scott ^a,b   Rush, Brian ^a,c   Urbanoski, Karen ^a,c  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANADA; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; ONTARIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; ROC CURVE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908228036     PISSN: 19371888     EISSN: 19384114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2014.75.1039     Document Type: Article

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