Drug and alcohol misuse among in-patients with psychotic illnesses in three inner-London psychiatric units

Psychiatric Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 217-220

  Phillips, Prashant ^a   Johnson, Sonia ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCREENING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038660048     PISSN: 09556036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.27.6.217     Document Type: Article

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