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Monday, May 18, 2009

Sources of Unreliability in the Diagnosis of Substance Dependence
J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs 70: 475-481, 2009


These results are consistent with prior findings that the SSADDA yields reliable diagnoses and criterion counts for the more prevalent substance-dependence diagnoses. The present analysis extends these findings by showing that the greatest source of unreliability was the subjects' report. This underscores the need for efforts to increase the reliability of substance-dependence diagnoses (and by extension other self-reported phenotypic features) by enhancing the consistency of the information provided by the subjects interviewed.




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