Screening and intervention for alcohol and illicit drug abuse: A survey of internal medicine housestaff

Journal of Addictive Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-18

  Gunderson, Erik W ^a,c   Levin, Frances R ^a   Smith, Lawrence ^b  

^a Columbia Univ Coll of Phys/Surgs ^*  (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical education; Resident physicians; Screening; Substance abuse; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUNSELING; CURRICULUM; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SCREENING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 18044368462     PISSN: 10550887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J069v24n02_01     Document Type: Review

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