Older adult patients with both psychiatric and substance abuse disorders: Prevalence and health service use

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-18

  Prigerson, Holly G ^a,b,c   Desai, Rani A ^a,b   Rosenheck, Robert A ^a,b  

^a Northeast Program Evaluation Center   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Yale University School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual diagnosis; Elderly geriatrics; Health service use

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0035289463     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004821118214     Document Type: Article

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