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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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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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