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Delay Discounting Interacts with Distress Tolerance to Predict Depression and Alcohol Use Disorders among Individuals Receiving Inpatient Substance Use Services

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This work was supported in part by the National Institute on Drug Abuse under Grant R01DA19405 (PI: Carl Lejuez). The funders were not involved in the work reported in this manuscript or in the composition of the submission.

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  1. Division of Public Health, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, 200 East 1st Street, Flint, MI, 48502, USA

    Julia W. Felton

  2. Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, USA

    Kelly L. Strutz & Cara A. Poland

  3. Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Social Sciences, East Lansing, MI, USA

    Heather L. McCauley

  4. Department of Women’s Health, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI, USA

    Cara A. Poland

  5. Department of Medicine, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, USA

    Cara A. Poland

  6. Department of Public Health, College of Health Professions, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, USA

    Kathryn J. Barnhart

  7. Cofrin Logan Center for Addiction Research and Treatment,Department of Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA

    Carl W. Lejuez

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Felton, J.W., Strutz, K.L., McCauley, H.L. et al. Delay Discounting Interacts with Distress Tolerance to Predict Depression and Alcohol Use Disorders among Individuals Receiving Inpatient Substance Use Services. Int J Ment Health Addiction 18, 1416–1421 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-019-00163-5

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