Concurrent and Predictive Validity of the Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagno-sis (ADAD)

Concurrent and Predictive Validity of the Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagno- sis (ADAD)

The concurrent and predictive validity of the Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagnosis (ADAD) in the Psychological status and problem area was examined for two adolescent groups: a non-clinical population of 121 Swedish adolescents (62 girls and 59 boys) aged 15 to17 years and a clinical population of 31 adolescents (14 girls and 17 boys) aged 12 to 19 years detained in special youth homes. Concurrent v...

Psychometric Studies of the Swedish Version of the Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagnosis (ADAD) Instrument

Börjesson, J. (2011). Psychometric studies of the Swedish version of the Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagnosis (ADAD) Instrument. Doctorial Dissertation from the Department of Psychology, Umeå University, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden: ISBN: 978-91-7459-317-4. This thesis describes studies into the psychometric properties of a Swedish language version of the Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagnosis (ADAD) instrument....

Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagnosis (ADAD) vs. Health of Nation Outcome Scale for Children and Adolescents (HoNOSCA) in clinical outcome measurement.

BACKGROUND The Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagnosis (ADAD) and Health of Nation Outcome Scales for Children and Adolescents (HoNOSCA) are both measures of outcome for adolescent mental health services. AIMS To compare the ADAD with HoNOSCA; to examine their clinical usefulness. METHODS Comparison of the ADAD and HoNOSCA outcome measures of 20 adolescents attending a psychiatric day care unit. ...

Concurrent and predictive validity of the personality disorder diagnosis in adolescent inpatients.

OBJECTIVE The authors investigated the concurrent and predictive validity of the DSM-III-R diagnosis of personality disorder in adolescents by means of baseline and follow-up assessments of inpatients treated at the Yale Psychiatric Institute. METHOD One hundred sixty-five hospitalized adolescents were reliably assessed by using a structured interview for personality disorder diagnoses as wel...

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