Comorbidity of drug dependence and other mental disorders: A two-phase study of prevalence at outpatient treatment centres in Italy

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 69-77

  Pozzi, Gino ^a   Bacigalupi, Maurizio ^a   Tempesta, Enrico ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composite international diagnostic interview; Cross sectional study; Psychiatric dual diagnosis; Substance use disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0030755028     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(97)00042-2     Document Type: Article

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