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Manning, Victoria; Gomez, Brenda; Guo, Song; Low, Yee Deng; Koh, Puay Kee; Wong, Kim Eng – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2012
The study set out to examine Quality of Life (QoL), specifically subjective well being in three different addiction populations (260 alcohol-dependent, 282 drug-dependent, and 132 pathological gambling outpatients) at their first visit to treatment, using the Personal Well being Index (PWI). The mean PWI score for all patients was significantly…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Well Being, Questionnaires, Severity (of Disability)
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Roberts, Robert E.; Roberts, Catherine R.; Chan, Wenyaw – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2009
Background: We have few data on incidence of psychiatric disorders among adolescents. This study examined first incidence of disorders among adolescents and baseline factors which increased or decreased risk of new onset cases a year later. Methods: Data were analyzed from Teen Health 2000 (TH2K), a probability sample of 4,175 youths 11-17 and…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Incidence, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Behavior Disorders
Marion, Sarah DeBoard; Touchette, Paul E.; Sandman, Curt A. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2003
This study with 45 institutionalized individuals with mental retardation and self injurious behavior (SIB) calculated conditional probability using sequential analysis techniques. It found that successive episodes of self-injury were sequentially dependent and this association was not related to frequency or rate of occurrence. The best predictor…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Disorders, Children, Incidence