Manual for the Benzodiazepine Dependence Questionnaire (BDEPQ)
Manual for the Benzodiazepine Dependence Questionnaire (BDEPQ)
Manual for the Benzodiazepine Dependence Questionnaire (BDEPQ)
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Contents<br />
Description 1<br />
Rationale and Background 1<br />
<strong>Benzodiazepine</strong> dependence ........................ 2<br />
History of benzodiazepine dependence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2<br />
Conceptualization and features of benzodiazepine dependence .. 3<br />
Aims <strong>for</strong> scale development ........................ 6<br />
Administration 6<br />
Scoring Instructions 6<br />
Interpretation 7<br />
Development 8<br />
Description of <strong>the</strong> development sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />
Demographic characteristics ..................... 8<br />
Use of benzodiazepines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />
<strong>Dependence</strong> on benzodiazepines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r properties of <strong>the</strong> sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />
<strong>Questionnaire</strong> construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21<br />
Properties of <strong>BDEPQ</strong> total scores 31<br />
Normality .................................. 32<br />
Internal consistency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32<br />
Temporal stability of <strong>BDEPQ</strong> items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32<br />
Validity of <strong>the</strong> <strong>BDEPQ</strong> 35<br />
Construct Validity ............................. 35<br />
Predictive validity ............................. 41<br />
Prediction of future withdrawal symptoms ............. 41<br />
The <strong>BDEPQ</strong> as a screening test <strong>for</strong> diagnoses of dependence . . . . . . 43<br />
Limitations 44<br />
Measures of withdrawal 44<br />
Acknowledgment 52<br />
References 54<br />
<strong>Benzodiazepine</strong> <strong>Dependence</strong> <strong>Questionnaire</strong> (<strong>BDEPQ</strong>) 60<br />
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