Substance use and other psychiatric disorders in impaired practitioners

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 181-189

  Wijesinghe, Channa P ^a,b,c   Dunne, Fionnuala ^c  

^a Vaucluse Hospital   (Australia)

^b Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria   (Australia)

^c South West Area Mental Health Service ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Impaired practitioner; Licensing boards; Psychiatric disorder; Substance use disorder

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0035380003     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010323710929     Document Type: Article

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