Drug deaths in police custody: Is dual diagnosis a significant factor?

Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 173-182

  Best, D ^a,b   Havis, S ^a   Strathdee, G ^c   Keaney, F ^b   Manning, V ^b   Strang, J ^b  

^a Police Complaints Authority   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Oxleas NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; CLOMETHIAZOLE; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; DIAZEPAM; DIHYDROCODEINE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; TEMAZEPAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CUSTODY; DEPRESSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG URINE LEVEL; DRUG USE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLICE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; POISONING; POLICE; PRISONERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 11144316131     PISSN: 13531131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2003.12.006     Document Type: Article

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