title: Severity of cocaine dependence as a predictor of relapse to cocaine use.
abstract: The severity of cocaine dependence of 39 hospitalized patients was assessed by administering the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R. No significant relationship was found between severity of cocaine dependence and cocaine use at 3-month follow-up. These findings suggest that severity of cocaine dependence may be a poor predictor of relapse to cocaine use.
authors.affiliation: Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02178-9106.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Griffin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hufford
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003042:Cocaine; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011336:Probability; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012008:Recurrence; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D003042:Cocaine