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Evidence suggests that motivation to change may mediate the effect of diagnostic severity on treatment outcome, however, this relationship has not been directly tested. This prospective study tested the mediating effect of motivation to change on the relationship between the severity of DSM-IV substance use disorders at treatment entry and subsequent treatment utilization and substance use. Participants...
The Substance Dependence Severity Scale (SDSS) is a semistructured interview that assesses the severity of the DSM-IV diagnoses of dependence and abuse and the ICD-10 diagnoses of substance dependence and harmful use across a wide range of substances. Previous research has demonstrated that the SDSS' DSM-IV dependence scales are reliable and valid indicators of diagnostic severity. However, the ICD-10...
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