Re-evaluation of the KMSK scales, rapid dimensional measures of self-exposure to specific drugs: Gender-specific features

Recent trends in substance use disorder (SUD) research is giving greater emphasis to dimensional bio-behavioral measures, in addition to categorical diagnoses (Beseler and Hasin, 2010; Keyes et al., 2011; Kwako et al., 2018). Dimensional variables are those for which a measurement can be made along with some form of a continuum (e.g., severity, amount of use, or another clinical measure). Such dimensional measures can be useful for the design of prevention efforts, disease characterization, and for genetic association studies (Crystal et al., 2012; Sloan et al., 2017).

Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - July 15, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Eduardo R. Butelman, Carina Y. Chen, Rebecca S. Fry, Rachel Kimani, Orna Levran, J ürg Ott, Joel Correa da Rosa, Mary Jeanne Kreek Tags: Full length article Source Type: research