Benzodiazepine dependence in Singapore

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1345-1352

  Dong, Yanhong ^a   Winslow, Munidasa ^a   Chan, Yiong Huak ^b   Subramaniam, Mythily ^a   Whelan, Gregory ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

BZD dependence; Doctor shopping; Psychiatric comorbidity

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SINGAPORE; TRAINING; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; SINGAPORE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34547702274     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080701211867     Document Type: Article

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