Patterns of substance use among patients in an urban psychiatric emergency service

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 113-115

  Schiller, Mark J ^a,c   Shumway, Martha ^a   Batki, Steven L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; COCAINE; METHADONE; METHAMPHETAMINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PARANOIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0033988954     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.51.1.113     Document Type: Article

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