A Comparison of Male and Female Cocaine Abusers

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 122-126

  Griffin, Margaret L ^a,b   Weiss, Roger D ^a,b   Mirin, Steven M ^a,b,c   Lange, Ulrike ^a  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Westwood Lodge Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COCAINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTIVATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024523177     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1989.01810020024005     Document Type: Article

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