Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 253-259 , June 2004

Validation of the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) for internet and automated telephone self-report administration

  • Benjamin B Brodey, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author Information Corresponding author. Telesage, Inc., 716 Gimghoul Rd., Chapel Hill, NC 27514. Tel.: +1-919-942-8849; fax: +1-919-942-0036. More information about this project can be obtained at www.telesage.com
    • University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, Washington, USA
    • TeleSage, Inc., Seattle, Washington, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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  • Craig S Rosen, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
    • VA Sierra-Nevada Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center. Stanford, California, USA
    • ,
  • Inger S Brodey, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
    • ,
  • Breanne M Sheetz, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • TeleSage, Inc., Seattle, Washington, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
    • ,
  • Robert R Steinfeld, M.A.

      Affiliations

    • TeleSage, Inc., Seattle, Washington, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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  • David R Gastfriend, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Addiction Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Received 13 August 2003 ,Revised 7 December 2003 ,Accepted 27 January 2004.

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PII: S0740-5472(04)00009-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2004.01.005

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 253-259 , June 2004

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