Long-term users of psychotropic drugs: Embodying masculinized stress and feminized nerves

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 36, Issue 9-10, 2001, Pages 1187-1211

  Ettorre, E ^a   Riska, E ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gender; Lay epidemiology; Long term psychotropic drug use

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG USE; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASCULINITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORK;

EID: 0034790676     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JA-100106223     Document Type: Review

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