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A Categorization for the Assessment of Prognosis and Outcome in the Treatment of Alcoholism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

P. J. A. Willems ,
F. J. J. Letemendia  and
F. Arroyave
P. J. A. Willems
Affiliation:
Littlemore Hospital, Oxford Sheffield Regional Addiction Unit, Mapperley Hospital, Nottingham, NG3 6AA
F. J. J. Letemendia
Affiliation:
Littlemore Hospital, Oxford, OX4 4XN
F. Arroyave
Affiliation:
Littlemore Hospital, Oxford, OX4 4XN
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For the study reported in the accompanying paper (Willems et al., 1973), a number of variables, thought to be of prognostic relevance in alcoholism, were selected and categorized in a rank order. These can be regarded as ordinal scales, since in every case (a) each category differs from the others, and (b) each is related to the others. In each case there can be said to be an underlying continuum and in all cases a higher number indicates, in our opinion, a less ‘desirable’ state.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 122 , Issue 571 , June 1973 , pp. 649 - 654
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973 

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