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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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