Relationship of comorbid substance and alcohol use disorders to disability among patients in routine psychiatric practice

American Journal on Addictions

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 180-185

  Wilk, Joshua ^a,b   West, Joyce C ^a   Rae, Donald S ^a   Regier, Darrel A ^a  

^a Psychiatric Institute of Washington DC   (United States)

^b AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHIATRIST; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; WORK DISABILITY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645759505     PISSN: 10550496     EISSN: 15210391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10550490500528799     Document Type: Article

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