Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 227-233 , May 2006

Tests of a symptom checklist to screen for comorbid psychiatric disorders in alcoholism

  • Ashley B. Benjamin

      Affiliations

    • Oklahoma City VA, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73190, USA
    • ,
  • Douglas Mossman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Division of Forensic Psychiatry, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45408, USA
    • Glenn M. Weaver Institute of Law and Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Law, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA
    • ,
  • Nancy S. Graves

      Affiliations

    • Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
    • ,
  • Richard D. Sanders

      Affiliations

    • Dayton VA Medical Center, Dayton, OH 45428, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45408, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Oklahoma City VA, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA. Tel.: +1 937 268 6511x1829.

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2005.08.003

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 227-233 , May 2006

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