Measuring clinically significant outcomes - LDQ, CORE-10 and SSQ as dimension measures of addiction

BJPsych Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 112-115

  Raistrick, Duncan ^a,b   Tober, Gillian ^a,b   Sweetman, Jenny ^a   Unsworth, Sally ^a   Crosby, Helen ^a   Evans, Tom ^a  

^a Leeds Addiction Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN ROUTINE EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LEEDS DEPENDENCE QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; SOCIAL SATISFACTION QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ALCOHOLISM; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY;

EID: 84973573538     PISSN: 20564694     EISSN: 20564708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.bp.112.041301     Document Type: Article

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