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Diagnostic practices of evaluators of drunken drivers.
Bonnie Spiller,Harold Rosenberg +1 more
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Results indicated a significant difference in the frequency with which these DUI evaluators noted whether the "client" had an alcohol problem, with zero, one and two DUI arrests yielding approximately 30%, 15%, and 50% alcohol diagnoses in the absence of DSM-III criteria supporting such a diagnosis.About:
This article is published in Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.The article was published on 1987-01-01. It has received 3 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Driving under the influence & Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test.read more
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Alcoholic blackouts: legal implications
TL;DR: The legal significance of the blackout is examined in enough depth to allow for further discussion and exploration.
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The michigan alcoholism screening test: the quest for a new diagnostic instrument
TL;DR: The MAST responses of 15 subjects who were found to be alcoholic in the record search were analyzed to determine where the screening failures had occurred and recommendations are made for reducing the number of such "falsė negatives."
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An Evaluation of Niacinamide in the Treatment of Childhood Schizophrenia
TL;DR: There was no significant difference attributable to niacinamide; also, tests for the "mauve factor" in the urine of 28 of the children were negative.
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Reliability in the DSM-III Field Trials: Interview v Case Summary
TL;DR: It is concluded that diagnoses based on information contained in traditionally prepared case summaries may lead to an underestimation of the reliability of diagnoses madebased on information collected during a "live" interview.