Psychosis and drug dependence: Results from a national survey of prisoners

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 181, Issue NOV., 2002, Pages 393-398

  Farrell, Michael ^a   Boys, A ^a   Bebbington, P ^a   Brugha, T ^a   Coid, J ^a   Jenkins, R ^a   Lewis, G ^a   Meltzer, H ^a   Marsden, J ^a   Singleton, N ^a   Taylor, C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PRISONER; PSYCHOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PRISONERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0036847992     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.181.5.393     Document Type: Article

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