Amphetamine use: Return of an old scourge in a consultation psychiatry setting

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 789-793

  Baberg, Henning T ^b   Nelesen, Richard A ^b   Dimsdale, Joel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LIAISON PSYCHIATRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0029927231     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.6.789     Document Type: Article

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