Alcohol abuse and mental distress of psychiatric and neurologic patients

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-159

  Gudmundsdóttir, Elsa ^a   Tómasson, Kristinn ^a  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Comorbidity; GHQ 30; Psychiatric distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0029932619     PISSN: 08039496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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