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The Operating Characteristics of the PTSD Checklist in Detecting PTSD in HIV+ Substance Abusers

Journal of Psychological Trauma, 2008
ABSTRACT The psychometric properties of the PTSD Checklist-Civilian version (PCL-C) were calculated for a population of HIV-seropositive individuals, using diagnoses and scores from the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) as the criterion measure.
Andreas Bollinger, Carlos Cuevas, Melanie Vielhauer, Erin Morgan, Terence Keane   +4 more
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On the possibility of the psychometric detection of persons who are prone to the abuse of alcohol and other substances

Addictive Behaviors, 1979
Abstract A summary of the literature containing the scores of male alcohol abusers and drug abusers on the MAC Scale (a 49-item MMPI-derived scale which was constructed to differentiate male alcohol abusers from nonsubstance-abusing male psychiatric outpatients) indicated that the memebers of these two subclasses of substance abusers were similar in ...
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Coerced treatment for substance abuse problems detected through workplace urine surveillance: Is it effective?

Journal of Substance Abuse, 1996
With the advent of on-site urine testing and other initiatives designed to reduce substance abuse at the workplace, employees who are found to have used alcohol and/or drugs have been coerced into substance abuse treatments under threat of job loss. This widespread practice has produced three questions relative to these practices.
E, Lawental, A T, McLellan, G R, Grissom, P, Brill, C, O'Brien   +4 more
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A Review of Postmortem Alcohol Detection as a Diagnostic Test for Substance Abuse Disorders in Suicides

The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 2000
To assess the role of toxicologic detection of alcohol to diagnose substance abuse disorders in suicides, the author reviewed suicide studies with both comprehensive toxicologic and diagnostic data. The sensitivity of alcohol detection to diagnose alcohol and substance abuse disorders in suicides was low in all studies (range, 39%-42%), and the ...
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Detecting fraud, waste, and abuse in substance use disorder treatment

Health Services Research, 2022
Melissa M. Garrido, David K. Jones, Alexander Woodruff, Kiersten Strombotne, Sivagaminathan Palani, Sarah Zahakos, Michael Adelberg, Steven D. Pizer, Austin B. Frakt   +8 more
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Medical complications of psychoactive substances with abuse risks: Detection and assessment by the network of French addictovigilance centres

Therapies, 2016
The use of psychoactive substances, whether occasional or regular, can induce a large number of clinical and/or biological complications. These complications may be related to the effects of the active substance itself and/or adulterants, but also to the modalities for use (administrations route, contexts of use).
Peyrière, Hélène, Eiden, Céline, Mallaret, Michel, Victorri-Vigneau, Caroline   +3 more
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[Detecting psycho-active substance abuse: why, how and what for?].

Revue medicale suisse, 2008
Misuse of psycho-active substances is frequent in primary care and concerns patients of all ages and conditions. Physicians should screen for use of such substances, especially in the case of tobacco dependence and/or clinical symptoms. Independently from the substance used (or from the behaviour), screening can be performed through clinical ...
B, Broers, J-P, Humair, S, Haaz, B, Vareltzis, P, Gache   +4 more
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Sensitivity of MCMI-III Scales T (Drugs) and B (Alcohol) in Detecting Substance Abuse

Substance Use & Misuse, 1997
The sensitivity and specificity of MCMI-III Scales T (drug dependence) and B (alcohol dependence) were evaluated with patients (N = 164) in an inpatient substance user treatment program. The sensitivity levels of these two scales improved significantly compared to previous research using the MCMI I and MCMI II Scales T and B, which had not achieved ...
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Beyond CAGE. A brief clinical approach after detection of substance abuse.

Archives of internal medicine, 1996
Generalist physicians should incorporate alcohol and drug abuse detection and brief intervention in the care of their patients. A suggestion of alcohol or drug abuse or a positive response to the CAGE questions deserves further assessment such as clarification about adverse consequences, inquiry about loss of control, determination of the patient's ...
J H, Samet, S, Rollnick, H, Barnes
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The substance abuse subtle screening inventory is more cost effective and has better selectivity than urine toxicology for the detection of substance abuse in pregnancy.

Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 1997
To compare the SASSI as a screen for substance abuse in pregnancy with the patient history and toxicology screening.On 560 patients the substance abuse history and urine toxicology was obtained at registration in the prenatal clinic. Each patient also completed the SASSI questionnaire. The SASSI was compared with each screen individually and the result
T J, Horrigan, N J, Piazza, L, Weinstein
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