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Research Article

Measuring readiness to change for problematic consumption of prescription drugs: Development of an adapted and shortened Readiness to Change Questionnaire

Brit Crackau Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Research Group S:TEP, University of Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Luebeck, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ira Loehrmann Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Research Group S:TEP, University of Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Luebeck, Germany
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Anne Zahradnik Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Research Group S:TEP, University of Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Luebeck, Germany
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Christiane Otto Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Research Group S:TEP, University of Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Luebeck, Germany
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Ulrich John Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Ernst-Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald, Walter-Rathenau-Str. 48, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
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Gallus Bischof Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Research Group S:TEP, University of Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Luebeck, Germany
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Hans-Jürgen Rumpf Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Research Group S:TEP, University of Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Luebeck, Germany
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Pages 110-118 | Received 04 Sep 2008, Accepted 17 Dec 2008, Published online: 08 Jan 2010

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