Psychiatric referrals associated with substance use disorders: Prevalence and gender differences

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 620-626

  Alaja, Riitta ^a   Seppä, Kaija ^b   Sillnaukee, Pekka ^c   Tienari, Pekka ^d   Huyse, Frits J ^e   Herzog, Thomas ^f   Malt, Ulrik F ^g   Lobo, Antonio ^h  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attempted Suicide; Gender Difference; Psychiatric Referral; Sociodemographic Characteristics; Substance Use Disorder

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 0030917468     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1997.tb03812.x     Document Type: Article

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