Substance abuse in older adults: An overview

Geriatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 29-34

  Widlitz, Michelle ^a   Marin, Deborah B ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CODEINE; DIAZEPAM; DISULFIRAM; FLURAZEPAM; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; MEPROBAMATE; NALTREXONE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; THIAMINE;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSPNEA; FLUSHING; HEART PALPITATION; HEAT; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; HYPOTENSION; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; MEGALOCYTOSIS; MEMORY DISORDER; MOOD DISORDER; MORTALITY; NARCOTIC DEPENDENCE; NAUSEA; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PARESTHESIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; VERTIGO;

AGED; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0036895335     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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