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Benefits of Early Detection and Treatment of Alcohol Problems.

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Reimer, J.   +3 more
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Use of the MMPI-A to Detect Substance Abuse in a Juvenile Correctional Setting

Journal of Personality Assessment, 2001
In this study, we examined the ability of the MMPI-A (Butcher et al., 1992) to detect substance abuse problems in a juvenile correctional setting. Specifically, we evaluated the Alcohol/Drug Problem Acknowledgment scale (ACK; Weed, Butcher, & Williams, 1994), the Alcohol/Drug Problem Proneness scale (PRO; Weed et al., 1994), and the MacAndrew ...
L A, Stein, J R, Graham
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Detecting Bipolar Disorder Among Treatment-Seeking Substance Abusers

The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 2000
Bipolar disorder is increasingly recognized to have frequent comorbidity with substance use disorders, but may be difficult to diagnose among patients with active substance use. The purpose of this paper is to describe a brief, self-report form for the efficient detection of bipolar disorder.
K L, Sloan, D, Kivlahan, A J, Saxon
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Substance abuse and dependence in the hospital workplace: Detection and handling

Perspectives in Healthcare Risk Management, 1991
A hospital can take many avenues in dealing with an employee or professional who is impaired by substance abuse or dependence. The most difficult aspect of dealing with the problem is detection. Fortunately, increasing public awareness and concern regarding workplace substance abuse is forcing legislators to address the issue and expose the problem ...
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Detecting a history of childhood sexual experiences among women substance abusers

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 1995
This article examines a means of detecting a history of childhood sexual experience (CSE) to improve substance abuse treatment outcomes. The symptom profile of women with a history of CSE is discussed in relation to the difficulties it presents in detection of a history of CSE, especially in women who also have a past or current history of substance ...
E J, Pearce, F H, Lovejoy
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The Use of the MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale in Detecting Substance Abuse and Antisocial Personality

Journal of Personality Assessment, 1990
We evaluated the hypothesis that characterological factors, particularly antisocial personality, influence scores on the MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale (MAC). Using the Washington University research criteria to establish diagnoses, the following subgroups were defined: subjects who received no psychiatric diagnoses; subjects who received diagnoses other ...
A W, Wolf   +4 more
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Prevention and early detection of substance abuse is key

British Journal of School Nursing, 2015
Drug and alcohol abuse can have a serious and lasting impact on the health and wellbeing of young people. Stephanie Thornton explains what to do if you or a member of school staff suspect drug or alcohol abuse in a student.
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i-SAD: An Edge-Intelligent IoT-Based Wearable for Substance Abuse Detection

2019 IEEE International Symposium on Smart Electronic Systems (iSES) (Formerly iNiS), 2019
Overindulgence of harmful substances such as drugs or alcohol, called substance abuse, can directly affect a person's health and their day-to-day activities. The younger population become more vulnerable to such use of psychoactive substances due to lack of awareness of the long-term hazardous effects these substances can have on their health ...
Prabha Sundaravadivel   +2 more
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