Benzodiazepine use in posttraumatic stress disorder among veterans with substance abuse

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 188, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 454-459

  Kosten, Thomas R ^a,b   Fontana, Alan ^b   Sernyak, Michael J ^a,b   Rosenheck, Robert ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOLDIER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMBULATORY CARE; BENZODIAZEPINES; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS;

EID: 0033925765     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-200007000-00010     Document Type: Article

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