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Published in: Addiction Science & Clinical Practice 2/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Oral presentation

Optimizing alcohol screening according to DSM-5 severity by adaptive testing using the AUDIT

Authors: Gallus Bischof, Anja Bischof, Christian Meyer, Hans-Juergen Rumpf

Published in: Addiction Science & Clinical Practice | Special Issue 2/2015

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Due to unsatisfactory results of alcohol-related SBI in patients with severe Alcohol Use Disorders (AUDs), many studies aim to exclude severe cases by defining a cut-off in the upper range of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test AUDIT. However, research focusing on optimal cut-offs is still insufficient. In addition, cut-off values of the AUDIT for DSM-5 substance use disorder criteria have not been analysed so far. …
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Title
Optimizing alcohol screening according to DSM-5 severity by adaptive testing using the AUDIT
Authors
Gallus Bischof
Anja Bischof
Christian Meyer
Hans-Juergen Rumpf
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1940-0640-10-S2-O8

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