Early-onset of illicit substance use is associated with greater axis-II comorbidity, not with axis-I comorbidity

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 305-308

  Franken, Ingmar H A ^a   Hendriks, Vincent M ^a  

^a Parnassia Addiction Research Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Comorbidity; Personality disorders; Psychopathology; Substance use disorders

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0034212170     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(99)00132-5     Document Type: Article

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