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The fifth edition of the addiction severity index

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The clinical and research uses of the ASI over the past 12 years are discussed, emphasizing some special circumstances that affect its administration.
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This article is published in Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.The article was published on 1992-06-01. It has received 4045 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sexual abuse & Substance abuse.

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A Meta-Analytic Review of Psychosocial Interventions for Substance Use Disorders

TL;DR: Overall, controlled trial data suggest that psychosocial treatments provide benefits reflecting a moderate effect size according to Cohen's standards, and these effect sizes are comparable to those for other efficacious treatments in psychiatry.
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Cocaine cues and dopamine in dorsal striatum: mechanism of craving in cocaine addiction.

TL;DR: Evidence is provided that dopamine in the dorsal striatum is involved with craving and is a fundamental component of addiction, and strategies aimed at inhibiting dopamine increases from conditioned responses are likely to be therapeutically beneficial in cocaine addiction.
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Predicting aberrant behaviors in opioid-treated patients: preliminary validation of the Opioid Risk Tool.

TL;DR: In a preliminary study, among patients prescribed opioids for chronic pain, the ORT exhibited a high degree of sensitivity and specificity for determining which individuals are at risk for opioid-related, aberrant behaviors.
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Substance abuse treatment entry, retention, and outcome in women: a review of the literature.

TL;DR: There is a need to develop and test effective treatments for specific subgroups such as older women with substance use disorders, as well as those with co-occurring substance use and psychiatric disorders such as eating disorders, and some greater effectiveness has been demonstrated by treatments that address problems more common to substance-abusing women.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial

TL;DR: Prolonged exposure is an effective treatment for PTSD in female veterans and active-duty military personnel and it is feasible to implement prolonged exposure across a range of clinical settings.
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Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences

TL;DR: The concepts of power analysis are discussed in this paper, where Chi-square Tests for Goodness of Fit and Contingency Tables, t-Test for Means, and Sign Test are used.
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An improved diagnostic evaluation instrument for substance abuse patients. The Addiction Severity Index.

TL;DR: The use of the ASI is suggested to match patients with treatments and to promote greater comparability of research findings, suggesting the treatment problems of patients are not necessarily related to the severity of their chemical abuse.
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New data from the Addiction Severity Index. Reliability and validity in three centers.

TL;DR: The overall conclusion is that the ASI is a reliable and valid instrument that has a wide range of clinical and research applications, and that it may offer advantages in the examination of important issues such as the prediction of treatment outcome, the comparison of different forms of treatment, and the “matching” of patients to treatments.
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Abstinence Symptomatology and Psychiatric Diagnosis in Cocaine Abusers: Clinical Observations

TL;DR: Longitudinal evaluations showed a three-phase sequence of post-cocaine abuse abstinence symptoms, and over half the sample also met criteria for ed 3 DSM-III, axis I psychiatric disorders.
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Predicting Response to Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatments: Role of Psychiatric Severity

TL;DR: Findings support the effectiveness and specificity of different substance abuse treatments, suggest methodologic reasons for the lack of similar findings in previous studies, and demonstrate the importance of psychiatric factors in substance abuse treatment.
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