Analyses related to the development of DSM-5 criteria for substance use related disorders 1. Toward amphetamine, cocaine and prescription drug use disorder continua using Item Response Theory

• Published in: Drug and alcohol dependence Vol. 122; no. 1-2; pp. 38 - 46
• Main Authors: SAHA, Tulshi D, COMPTON, Wilson M, CHOU, S. Patricia, SMITH, Sharon, JUNE RUAN, W, HUANG, Boji, PICLCERING, Roger P, GRANT, Bridget F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier 01.04.2012
• Subjects: Addictive behaviors; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Amphetamine-Related Disorders - diagnosis; Amphetamines; Biological and medical sciences; Cannabis; Cocaine; Cocaine-Related Disorders - diagnosis; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Drug abuse; Drug addiction; Humans; Illicit Drugs; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; Neuropharmacology; Off-Label Use; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Prescription Drugs; Psychoanaleptics: cns stimulant, antidepressant agent, nootropic agent, mood stabilizer; Psychoanaleptics: cns stimulant, antidepressant agent, nootropic agent, mood stabilizer..., (alzheimer disease); Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychometrics; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Psychopharmacology; Substance abuse; Substance abuse disorders; Amphetamine derivatives; Human; Prescription; Drug addiction; DSM-5; CNS stimulant; Cocaine use disorder; Psychotropic; Item response theory; Use; Substance abuse; Amphetamine use disorder; Prescription drug use disorder; Ester; Addiction; Criterion; Analysis; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual V; Development; Amfetamine; Cocaine; Drug of abuse

Prior research has demonstrated the dimensionality of alcohol, nicotine and cannabis use disorders criteria. The purpose of this study was to examine the unidimensionality of DSM-IV cocaine, amphetamine and prescription drug abuse and dependence criteria and to determine the impact of elimination of...