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Severity of cocaine dependence as a predictor of relapse to cocaine use

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.11.1595

The severity of cocaine dependence of 39 hospitalized patients was assessed by administering the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III- R. No significant relationship was found between severity of cocaine dependence and cocaine use at 3-month follow-up. These findings suggest that severity of cocaine dependence may be a poor predictor of relapse to cocaine use.

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