The puzzling unidimensionality of DSM-5 substance use disorder diagnoses

There is a perennial expert debate about the criteria to be included or excluded for the DSM diagnoses of substance use dependence. Yet analysts routinely report evidence for the unidimensionality of the resulting checklist. If in fact the checklist is unidimensional, the experts are wrong that the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robert J MacCoun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
DSM
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00153/full