Background Even low levels of substance misuse by people with a severe mental illness
can have detrimental effects. Objectives To assess the effects of psychosocial interventions …

Efficient, organized assessment of substance use disorders is essential for clinical research,
treatment planning, and referral to adjunctive services. In this article, we discuss the basic …

The Addiction Severity Index (ASI) is a multi-dimensional interview used to measure the
substance use, health, and social problems of those with alcohol and other drug problems …

OBJECTIVE: Comorbidity of substance abuse disorders with schizophrenia is associated
with a greater risk for serious illness complications and poorer outcome. Methodologically …

Aims To examine the reliability and validity of the widely used Addiction Severity Index (ASI).
Material Thirty‐seven studies of the psychometric performance of the ASI. Findings The inter …

Background Substance use decreases in pregnancy but little prospective data are available
on the rates of abstinence and relapse for specific substances. This study compared rates of …

This study investigated whether the use of the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) in a network of
inner-city alcohol and drug abuse clinics under nonideal conditions would yield internally …

Offers guidance on the selection of appropriate measures for Axis I disorders, Axis II
disorders, and specialized syndromes, marshalling data on reliability, validity, and clinical …

Prior studies have reported an association between the presence of the 7 repeat allele of the
48 bp repeat polymorphism of the third cytoplasmic loop of the dopamine D4 receptor gene …

In a prospective design, it was predicted that the role of negative mood in precipitating
relapses and crises among alcohol-dependent Ss would be greater when assessed with …