%0 Journal Article
%T Convergence between the Penn Alcohol Craving Scale and diagnostic interview for the assessment of alcohol craving
%A Emily E. Hartwell
%A ReJoyce Green
%A Spencer Bujarski
%J Archive of "Addictive Behaviors Reports".
%D 2019
%R 10.1016/j.abrep.2019.100198
%X The Penn Alcohol Craving Scale (PACS) is one of the most widely used instruments to measure craving for alcohol. Recent research has suggested that scores on the PACS can be used as a ˇ°stand inˇ± for the diagnostic criterion of alcohol craving with a proposed cutoff of >20 on the PACS indicating a ˇ°positiveˇ± alcohol craving symptom. The present study examined the convergence between the PACS and face-to-face diagnostic interview for the assessment of alcohol craving
%K Alcohol
%K Craving
%K Sensitivity
%K Specificity
%K DSM-5
%K DSM-IV
%K Penn Alcohol Craving Scale
%K PACS
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6599943/