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Severity of Dependence Scale as a Diagnostic Tool for Heroin and Cocaine Dependence

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 2009Publisher:S. Karger AGJournal:European Addiction Research, volume 15, pages 87-93 (issn: 1022-6877, eissn: 1421-9891,

Authors: Gregorio Barrio; Francisco González-Saiz; Jordi Alonso; M. Teresa Brugal; Antònia Domingo-Salvany; Luis de la Fuente; Albert Sanchez-Niubo;

doi: 10.1159/000189787

pmid: 19142008

Severity of Dependence Scale as a Diagnostic Tool for Heroin and Cocaine Dependence

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Aims: Our aim was to further assess the Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS) validity and to identify the cut-off score for a DSM-IV diagnosis of heroin and cocaine dependence through a cross-sectional survey in Barcelona, Spain. Methods: The Psychiatric Research Interview for Substance and Mental Disorders (PRISM) was used as the gold standard. 146 young (18–30 years old) heroin users were recruited from outside the healthcare context, 135 of whom were also current cocaine users. SDS scores were correlated to quantity, frequency and length of drug use. Results: The SDS cut-off point at which there was optimal discrimination of a DSM-IV diagnosis presence was found to be 3 (i.e., a score of 3 or more) for heroin dependence and 4 for cocaine dependence. Conclusions: The study gives further support to SDS dimensional properties and to its validity for rapid assessment of current heroin and cocaine dependence.

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Complutense University of Madrid
Spain
Public Health Agency
United Kingdom
Centro Nacional de Epidemiología
Spain
Municipal Institute for Medical Research
Spain
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Spain

Keywords

Questionnaires, Male, validity, Psychometrics, Severity of Illness Index, Cocaine-Related Disorders, Young Adult, male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Interview, Psychological, Humans, heroin dependence, human, Demography, Heroin Dependence, adult, article, major clinical study, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, cocaine dependence, female, psychiatric research interview for substance and mental disorders, priority journal, Spain, Severity of Dependence Scale, diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, psychologic assessment, rating scale

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