title: The MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale as a general measure of substance misuse.
abstract: On the MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale alcoholics, heroin addicts and polydrug users obtained similar scores which were significantly higher than those of matched control groups of psychiatric patients.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012306:Risk; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*