Sentence examples for problems severity from inspiring English sources

We know from recent studies that MDFT reduces cannabis use most strongly in adolescents who have the most severe problems (severity in these studies is defined as heavy drug use or a combination of heavy drug use and more extensive comorbidity including family dysfunction) [ 5, 22, 23].

Models were fitted whereby the paths between liability to conduct problems, severity of conduct problems, liability to marijuana initiation and frequency of use were dropped in turn and the deterioration in chi-square fit compared to a model in which all possible path coefficients from Time 1 conduct problems to Time 2 marijuana use were estimated (see Table  2 for model fitting results).

Parent report of child's sleep problem severity (no, mild, moderate, severe); specific sleep domain scores assessed using the Child Sleep Habits Questionnaire; internalising and externalising comorbidities assessed by the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for Children IV/Parent version.

Motivation to change alcohol use correlated positively with greater self-reported alcohol consumption and problem severity.

Other recommendations include establishing a "participant profile" which includes substance use disorder problem severity and need for supplemental services.

Multivariate regressions showed greater alcohol problem severity in males compared to females, but no significant differences between Blacks and Whites.

Education, family environment and earlier alcohol use behaviors and expectancies were reliable predictors of alcohol problem severity in young adulthood.

Results indicate differences in problem severity ratings, program emphasis (i.e., goal-setting, coping, education), and program leadership between clinicians and each patient subgroup to varying degrees.

Barriers to seeking psychological help are explored and significant correlations between perceptions of psychological benefit, problem severity and barriers to help seeking are described.

The GABS also demonstrated incremental validity in predicting increases in the frequency of gambling behavior among non-problem gambling students beyond that explained by an index of gambling-problem severity.

This stability increases confidence both in the construct measured by the GABS and in the ability to assess levels of gambling affinity across disparate ranges of gambling-problem severity.