Screening for psychiatric comorbidity among female alcoholics: the use of a questionnaire (SCL-90) among women early in their treatment programme.

@article{Haver1997ScreeningFP,
  title={Screening for psychiatric comorbidity among female alcoholics: the use of a questionnaire (SCL-90) among women early in their treatment programme.},
  author={Brit Haver},
  journal={Alcohol and alcoholism},
  year={1997},
  volume={32 6},
  pages={
          725-30
        }
}
  • B. Haver
  • Published 1 November 1997
  • Psychology, Medicine
  • Alcohol and alcoholism
The use of a questionnaire, Symptom Check List-90 (SCL-90), as a screening instrument for psychiatric disorders was studied in 60 women attending their first treatment for alcohol abuse in Stockholm, Sweden. A global SCL-90 index, the General Symptomatic Index (GSI), measuring the total level of recent self-reported psychological distress, showed a high efficacy in distinguishing 'psychiatric cases' from 'non-cases' in the present sample. Psychiatric cases were defined as subjects satisfying… 
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