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From: Substance use and symptoms of mental health disorders: a prospective cohort of patients with severe substance use disorders in Norway

Fig. 2

Pen’s Parade: Distribution of mean SCL-10 item scores at baseline and follow-up. Pen’s Parade: SCL-10 = Symptoms checklist 10; ten items scale for measuring mental health status/psychological distress. The figure displays distribution in SCL-10 mean values at baseline (n=707) and follow up (n=268), represented by fixed black line and vertical grey lines. The dotted lines represent the mean reported SCL-10 score of the Norwegian reference population (1.36) and standard reference of 1.85 indicating one or more mental disorders above this cut-off, respectively. Source: Strand BH, Dalgard OS, Tambs K, Rognerud M: Measuring the mental health status of the Norwegian population: a comparison of the instruments SCL-25, SCL-10, SCL-5 and MHI-5 (SF-36). Nordic journal of psychiatry 2003 [31]

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Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

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